Testing a NEW Cheaper LIGHTROOM Alternative! | Luminar 2018

Question of the Day (A week late) : What editing softwares do you use??

Bro you are dressed like an elf from Oblivion

If it saves time editing photos then it's a switch for me.

This is a product for only mac os?

Hello, I have a question. When i load photos ( RAW), in lightroom. It will loos all it colour and contrast configuration which in the camera, the photo become like neural. Is this happening in lunar also. I am not sure if it happens with me only.
My camera is Canon.

i agree with this guy. if you know photoshop, then skip luminar.

i am seeing that luminar might be an issue in future on using sky replacement. since that luminar is using preset of skies, the more you filter skies, the more it would look similar to everyone who uses luminar. on photoshop, you can manipulate things in infinite ways, but will take time to master the app yet it is rewarding.

This is nice but I'm going to stick with lightroom for now. I've taught myself so much in lightroom that it's become easy now. Definitely great for beginners though!

Luminar has no library haha

Maybe a review on Darktable...?

Hey that's really useful, thanks. I'm looking for a Lightroom alternative but not used it before, only other free or cheap alternative ones, but I feel like upgrading to a higher level. A few questions though.

Can you manipulate an image to correct perspective and stuff like that?

Can you do photo stacking and stitch panoramic photos together?

Can you do double exposures where one photo is on top of another?

And can you add text to an image with Luminar?

lightroom IS NON-destructive, it just changes metadata of raw files. photoshop IS destructive because you're editing processed images. "layers" in luminar are just a UI preference of yours to handle local adjustments – compared to lightroom which handles local adjustments differently. but that has nothing at all to do with the foundational concept of non-destructive editing

cool outfit bro. Also great review, I am going to give Luminar a shot.

hello sir there you have it great software! do they have fashionable settings instant looks?

Huge dislike for developers because... WTF, where's the version for Linux??!!

Where is the Lightroom alternative? Lightroom is a photo management software that makes life easier by adding a few basic photo editing tools. Photoshop is the photo editing software. Without photo management, this software is a Camera Raw/Photoshop alternative but definitely not a Lightroom replacement. I guess they compare themselves to the development module in Lightroom because compared to Photoshop this is an extremely basic program. At 60 bucks it is over-priced.

I just got my first dslr camera and i was looking at loghtroom on the pc cause i love the moble app but i know i wont be getting paid for taking photos. So, i dont see why it would be wise for me to buy lightroom paying monthly is not what i want to do. I wanna pay for a one time payment and be good.

I'm a beginner, and an idiot. This video helped me a lot. Thank you sir.

Luminar had great tools and concepts, a fine UI but works unbelievably slow on my computer. It just freezes for a few seconds for each operation. Running from SSD and such. I don't understand it. I ended up picking DXO Photolab Elite for raw processing and AS Exposure for more creative color work and film emulation.

DONT DO IT! This program is not ready for prime time. I pretty much paid full price to be a beta tester. I've had it for a few months and it's been one disappointment after another. When they switched to luminar 3 they cloning stamp was literally unusable. It took them months to fix it, and now with the new update every time I make a lens correction my images overwhelmed with noise. I upgraded my PC to Windows 10 and all of a sudden luminar wouldn't work with my graphics driver (WTF?). I was advised to uninstall my driver and reinstall it ticket luminar to work again. THE SAME DRIVER! I really wanted to like this program but it has constantly let me down.

Does it work like a browser - similar to Bridge? I don't use LR.

Can you load multiple photos, edit one, then synch a number of others with
the same settings ?

You have NO ideea what destructive editing means. Lr is non-destructive editing. It makes me soooo mad that 1.8M people listen to such bull... crap

I'm new to this world, so this video helped me out a ton. Thank you sir.

A very informative and enjoyable video to watch. Thank you for the tips. I'm currently exploring the new Luminar 3.0.1 with AI 2.0. Check out the video on my channel if you're interested. Thank you : )

Preset stacking. Drop the mic.

Lightroom doesn't do destructive edits. With something being destructively edited you basically can't go back to the original file. Which in Lightroom you can. Not sure what you're referring to by saying Lightroom does destructive edits.

It looks like you're just playing with filters instead of post-processing to get what you actually wanted when taking the photo.

It’s amazing software! Was using Lightroom from long time. My work became faster and more efficient with Luminar 3.

I have a bit of Photoshop skills but no Lightroom experience. Would I understand Lightroom, jumping straight into, it fairly easily instead of jumping into Luminar?

LOVE an LR alternative that does not require monthly billing. Thanks for the tip!

01/19/2019 - I was just at the Skylum website. They’re saying that the newest version, selling now, has the library function.

Great intro video

Have you thought about an updated review on the new Luminar 3? I’d love to hear your thoughts on it!

Thank you for this video. Got here because my LR does not recognize my D850 RAW files. I had enough of LR. You might have just saved me.

So can you use presets that you downloaded to lightroom in Luminar?

So can you use presets that you downloaded to lightroom in Luminar?

"Does not have a Library View" therefore not a viable Adobe Lightroom Alternative. I am desperately trying to rid myself of Adobe, but, come on, is anyone actually trying to compete?

LR are NOT a near perfect software! Aperture was....and to some extent still is.

Sawyer , make a video on complete editing on luminar, I bought luminar and am stuck not knowing how to use it properly

The 2019 version, out next week, does have libraries to answer one of your chief criticisms.

Luminar 3 coming in a couple weeks...

Bought Luminar after struggling with editing software because I wouldn't/couldn't afford the greedy Adope LR ...never looked back since

okay, downloading this app now

does it read sony a7III raw files?

And i still use picart

How about a combination of Luminar + Photopea? Can that be a killer combo?

Is it only me that this sounds like you've been paid to make this video? Honestly I think these things are addressed to kids making colorful pictures on fb and not photographers.

I'm all for finding an alternative to Lightroom, but this review is complete BS. He knows nothing about Lightroom. Its never been destructive, ever.