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Skylum Luminar Neo
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Skylum Luminar Neo Reviews & Product Details

Skylum Luminar Neo Overview
What is Skylum Luminar Neo?

Skylum Liminar combines traditional photo editing tools with AI enhancements. The Skylum Luminar photo editing software lets users access AI enhancements to help them with things like atmospheric balance, structure, facial symmetry, skin enhancements, and so much more. Templates are also available to help bring life to images and offer extensive features that include cropping, adjustment, and retouching tools, background and filter settings, and image layer enhancements. It’s an excellent option for beginners and is available with no subscription cost

Company Skylum
Year founded 2009
Company size 51-200 employees
Headquarters Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Skylum Luminar Neo Product Details
Capabilities
AI
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows
Training Documentation
Languages English
Skylum Luminar Neo Pros and Cons
Pros
  • Endless AI enhancements for easier editing
  • Excellent ease of use for beginners
  • No subscription cost to worry about
  • Range of background and filter settings
  • Exclusive filters and image layer enhancements
Cons
  • Cloning tool can be problematic
  • Not the best for organization
Skylum Luminar Neo Features
3D Editing
Automatic Adjustments
Background Removal
Batch Processing
Brush Tools
Clone Stamp
Color Correction
Cropping
Custom Brushes
Face Recognition
Filters and Effects
Gradient Editor
HDR Imaging
Healing Tools
Image Resizing
Layer Management
Lens Correction
Masking
Metadata Editing
Noise Reduction
Panorama Stitching
Perspective Correction
Photo Enhancement
Red Eye Removal
Support for RAW Files
Templates
Text Overlay
Undo/Redo
Vector Drawing
Watermarking
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Last updated: October 04, 2025
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80 Skylum Luminar Neo Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 28, 2021
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Zach G.
Broker/Owner
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"Luminar"
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

I enjoy creating filters and the ease of editing photos. Uploading a lot of photos at once is easy. For a novice photo editor I find this software much easier to get up and running vs photoshop.

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

a little learning curve but once you get the basics it's easier. I don't believe you can upload several photos at once and apply the same filter to all of those photos. You have to go one by one.

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

photo editing for my business has become a lot easier. I enjoy paying for luminar once and not having a reoccurring subscription.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 17, 2021
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Craig B.
Designer
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"Luminar adds the final polish to my photos, and is very quick to use"
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

I like the range of presets, and ability to create your own. Also, I like the AI feature and the portrait features that makes almost everyone look better.

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

I don't like that it's not a complete Photoshop Killer, meaning I need both programs running to get all the features I need. But that's not a deal breaker because I'm forced to subscribe to Adobe anyway for INDD, AI, AE, etc, etc

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can improve the look of most photos, often in under one minute. This solves my problem of never enough time in the day...

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 19, 2021
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Overall Rating:
5.0
SB
Sam B.
Photographer
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"Top Notch Customer Service"
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

Lifetime license - you only need to purchase this once and for a relatively low price. Extremely responsive customer service - they answered my emails within the hour.

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

Aurora HDR is an additional cost, and installation was a little tricky. Thankfully, tech support was able to assist me with my issue pretty quickly.

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

Imagination. I love the options within this product - it has made me think of entirely new ways to process photos. The creativity is endless.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
May 18, 2021
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Justin C.
Electrical And Instrumentation Planner
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"My Luminar Experience"
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

It’s very easy to use a simple interface and it starts quickly on your machine

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

I don’t have much downsides. It’s beautiful for what it’s designed for.

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

It’s has sped up my workflow greatly and made my landscape editing quite smooth

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 08, 2021
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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David C.
Interaction Designer
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"Simply wowed! Timer saver 100%"
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

The interface is very accessible and intuitive. I really enjoy the possibilities given for exporting my pictures as well as the filter selection. It does compared and surpass at times the resulting quality I would achieve with oter similar apps.

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

Not necessarily bad but I would improve the way of selecting the filters

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

Above all for me is a solution for large batch pics editing

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 29, 2021
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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David G.
Client Executive Acquisitions
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"Luminar for Great Photos"
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

The learning curve isn't as big for this software vs. others on the market.

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

Honestly, I don't know of anything that I don't like as of yet.

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to edit photos faster which in turn saves me time.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Apr 29, 2021
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"From zero to hero."
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

The editing is just amazing and reaches beyond expectation.

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

The sky replacement is a bit buggy. But I can live with that.

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

Colour grading my photos and manipulation.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 09, 2020
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Ian D.
Founder
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"Best sky replacement software I have ever used!"
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

The Sky replacement is flawless. I've never used a software that worked as perfectly as this software. It recognizes where the sky is supposed to be and replaces it. It doesn't matter if the sky has tree branches or things in the way, it puts the sky in with ease. The photo editing options are pretty awesome as well. It brightens up foliage and makes the photo's look better. Better yet, they let you use it for free for 7 days.

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

I honestly haven't found anything I dislike so far. The program works as it should and did what I needed.

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

Replacing the sky is a breeze with this software. Normally it would take hours in photoshop, this software makes it so easy. You can choose between loads of options. All the options work seamlessly without lag. I am running a brand new 2019 macbook pro spec'd out, so that may be why it works so well. Either way, I highly recommend this software!

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 25, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Julia O.
Director
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"Keeps getting better and better"
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

Luminar continues adding features that expand usability of the app. They have made it very easy to now do single image edits rather than setting up albums or folders, so the program is much less cumbersome than previously, while retaining the ability to save custom preset combinations for future use. The before/after slider is also useful. What I especially appreciate are the levels of enhancement in the panel options - essentials covers most everyday edits, but additional levels (creative, portrait, and pro) provide additional editing features.

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

Since my last review, Luminar have modified their panels and gone back to

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

I do a significant amount of photo editing both for my small business and for personal use. Luminar makes my workflow so much easier.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 12, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Luminar an photo editing tool which use Artificial Intelligence "
What do you like best about Skylum Luminar Neo?

Luminar is the best photo and image editing tool for the modern world as it use artificial intelligence algorithm which give a natural touch to the photograph in a effective manner. It is very useful who is the beginner in the photo or image editing as it doesn't required to much knowledge for the use of it.

What do you dislike about Skylum Luminar Neo?

As the Luminar is a very good product in the market which uses the Artificial intelligence so the expectation from the product rises as there are lot of thing can be provided by AI technology, So far as concern the product is decent and effective.

What problems is Skylum Luminar Neo solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Luminar for the photo and image editing which we can use in the presentation and seminar for the work.