The Luminar Neo summer sale, where you can get up to 75% off, will end in 72 hours. Here’s the offer breakdown:

• Cross-device Subscription (desktop & mobile) – only $99
  Includes Luminar Neo desktop + Luminar Mobile + 100 creative add-ons for free + Neo video course worth $79
• Luminar Neo Lifetime (desktop only) – only $119
  Includes 100 creative add-ons + Neo video course worth $79 + 1 year of Generative AI tools for free
• Cross-device Lifetime (desktop & mobile) – only $159
  Includes Luminar Neo desktop + Luminar Mobile + 100 creative add-ons + Neo video course worth $79 + 1 year of Generative AI tools for free
• Luminar Neo + Luminar Mobile in one pack – the perfect creative toolkit!
• Now available on Android, too – reach out to me if you’d like access.

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The Clever Photographer released a brand new and first AI personal assistant called LumiBot for Luminar NEO, trained to help you edit faster, stay creative, and avoid getting stuck (on sale this weekend for $29, the price after will be $39).

Here's what LumiBot can do:

• Explain any Luminar tool in plain language
• Link you to the best tutorial at the right moment
• Suggest edits based on your photo
• Works on desktop and mobile
• Understands many languages

Additional informtion (check also the product page):

• Instant Answers: No more endless scrolling through manuals or videos. Ask LumiBot any question about Luminar NEO and get instant, reliable answers.
• Creative Suggestions: Upload your image, and LumiBot will give you tailored editing tips to make your photos shine.
• Deep Dives: When you’re ready to go further, LumiBot can direct you straight to the right tutorial, making learning as easy as clicking a button.
• Expert Knowledge: Trained on 100+ tutorials, blogs, and expert techniques by Jakub Bors, LumiBot brings real-world Luminar experience to every question.
• Always Available: Use it on desktop or mobile, 24/7. LumiBot is always ready to help, whenever creativity strikes.
• Multilingual: LumiBot speaks your language, so you can focus on editing without language barriers.
• BONUS: Exclusive AI Preset Collection: As a special thank you, you’ll also receive a collection of powerful AI presets for Luminar NEO, perfect for giving your images that extra wow factor right out of the box

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Skylum has teamed up with Google to unveil Luminar Photo Editor, now available for Android and ChromeOS:

Skylum Partners with Google to Expand Luminar Photo Editing to Android and ChromeOS

This launch brings Luminar’s powerful, intelligent editing capabilities to mobile and Chromebook users, offering a fresh, intuitive, and playful experience designed especially for creative photographers of any level. The interface has been carefully adapted for a wide variety of devices, including phones, tablets, Chromebooks, and foldable devices. Luminar dynamically adjusts to different screen sizes and aspect ratios, providing a consistent and comfortable workflow whether on a single-screen smartphone or a dual-screen foldable. This level of UX refinement ensures a seamless, device-aware editing experience that stands out across platforms.

Luminar stands out with its AI-powered tools that deliver professional-looking results in just a few taps, without the need for advanced photo editing skills or a desktop setup. Whether retouching a portrait, replacing a sky, or preparing Instagram-ready visuals, Luminar helps users edit with confidence, ease, and speed. With just a few clicks, users can enhance their photos and bring their creative vision to life — right from the convenience of their phone, tablet, or Chromebook. 

“By bringing Luminar to Android, we’re showcasing our greatest strengths: professional‑grade imaging technology powered by an intuitive, engaging interface. It’s this unique fusion that sparks the urge to create, giving every photographer, on any device, the confidence and excitement to push boundaries and tell new visual stories.”— Ivan Kutanin, CEO, Skylum

"We're excited to collaborate with Skylum to bring its powerful AI-driven photo editing tools to the Android and ChromeOS ecosystems. This partnership showcases the potential of AI to enhance creativity and simplify complex tasks for users across different devices."— Maria Schmidt, Strategic Partnership Manager, Google

“Partnering with Google accelerates our product innovation and reinforces our position as a market leader. Together, we're committed to delivering exceptional user experiences that surpass expectations by bringing the power of Luminar to Android users worldwide.”— Kostiantyn Tymoschuk, VP of Growth, Skylum

With this release, Skylum and Google deliver a seamless, cross-platform creative experience that empowers users to focus on their artistry, not the technicalities.

Luminar Key Features:

AI-Powered Tools:

• Enhance AI — A single slider intelligently adjusts up to a dozen essential settings - including shadows, highlights, contrast, tone, saturation, exposure, and detail - to improve the overall image quality instantly.
• Structure AI — Brings out detail and clarity while preserving a natural look. Enhances only the necessary areas of an image without over-sharpening or introducing noise where it's not needed.
• Relight AI — Gives full control over the lighting in a photo, ideal for creatively enhancing mood or correcting backlit scenes. The tool analyzes the image in three dimensions to realistically adjust foreground lighting without affecting the rest of the composition.
• Atmosphere AI — Adds realistic fog, mist or haze, using content-aware and depth-based masking. The effect is applied with precision to enhance mood without covering key subjects, ensuring a natural, realistic look.
• Sky AI — Automatically detects the sky in the image and replaces it seamlessly with a new one, factoring in realistic lighting and reflections, specifically on water and other reflective surfaces.
• Skin AI —  Smooths skin and removes blemishes with a single tap, helping portraits look polished while preserving natural texture.
• Body AI —  Allows subtle adjustment of the torso shape - either reducing or enhancing the volume - for a more balanced appearance. AI precisely maps key body features, ensuring natural-looking edits without distorting the background.

Core Editing Tools:

• Develop: Adjust exposure, temperature, tint, smart contrast, highlights, shadows, blacks, whites, saturation, vibrance, vignette, and more.
• Essential Tools: Crop, Details, Erase, Landscape Enhancer (Foliage Enhancer, Golden Hour, Dehaze), and Monochrome.

Filter collection: Robust color correction, film-inspired looks, and nostalgic tones loved by many in the photography world.

For more information and to download the app, please visit the link.

New Luminar Mobile app for iPhone is now available (20% off coupon code included)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOLslxx29I

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Meet Aperty: The New AI-Powered Portrait Editor Portrait Photographers Will Love

Aperty: The Pro Portrait Retouching Tool Photographers Have Been Waiting For

If you’ve been searching for the best retouch app to enhance your portraits, Aperty is worth a closer look. This intelligent portrait retouch software uses advanced AI to deliver natural, professional results—without hours of manual work. Whether you're working with RAW files from your Z8 or crafting portrait shoots with your D750, Aperty helps you retouch photos with speed and subtlety. It’s especially great for photographers who want clean, realistic skin tones, refined details, and a workflow that fits right into their creative process.

Right now, there’s a great way to try Aperty with no pressure. A 7-day trial and a free month on the yearly plan give you room to explore, while a generous 30-day satisfaction guarantee adds peace of mind. And if you subscribe this spring, you’ll also receive a thoughtful Editorial gift pack featuring a Reference Guide for Poses and Light Textures Pack—tools. Take advantage of 50% off the subscription and enjoy creating spectacular portraits with Aperty’s pro retouching tools. Additionally, with code NIKONRUMOURS you get an extra 10% off.

From blemish removal to makeup enhancement, Aperty includes all the tools you need for polished yet natural edits. Add subtle contouring, apply light effects that mimic studio-quality setups, and smooth skin without sacrificing texture—all with just a few clicks. Everything is designed to look authentic, so your subject still looks like themselves, just at their best. Plus, you can easily sync adjustments, bringing batch retouching to the whole session and saving time.

For those just starting out or looking to sharpen their skills, Aperty makes it easier to understand how to retouch photos properly. Its intuitive interface is built around the essentials of what photo retouching is—preserving character while enhancing impact. You’ll learn how to retouch a photo without over-processing, and discover what software is best for photo retouching when you want both quality and control. It’s not just for studio work, either—Aperty adapts to everything from headshots to natural light portraits taken on location.

Skylum Aperty now available (AI-powered photo editing app for professional portrait photographers)

Via NikonRunmors

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A new Luminar Neo Spring update is now available with new AI-powered enhancements:

Auto Adjust – Effortless Image Enhancement
A new addition to the Develop / Develop RAW tool, Auto Adjust automatically enhances images by intelligently adjusting key sliders to achieve optimal exposure, light and shadow balance, and black & white levels. Available for Pro subscribers and Upgrade Pass owners.

Catalog Cache Cleaning – Optimized Performance
To improve app efficiency, Luminar Neo now includes a new Catalog Cache Cleaning feature within Preferences. We received countless requests from our users related to optimizing disk space when working with large catalogs, which is why this tool was developed. It helps users clear cache files, significantly enhancing speed and performance.

Depth Models Update – Even More Realistic Fog Effect
The Atmosphere AI tool receives a quality upgrade, delivering an even more natural and immersive Fog Creation effect for those moody landscape images. The refined model enhances photos with a cinematic atmosphere, providing photographers with an even greater level of control and realism.

Improved Export Menu – Enhanced Customization
The new export window offers advanced customization options for format, quality, size, resolution, and file name, as well as a new export format—DNG—helping users prepare files for print faster and more easily.

Luminar Neo Spring Sale (April 4 - 28, 2025) - up to 75% discount for new users:

• Luminar Neo 1 year subscription + free 100 creative add-ons + free Neo video course worth $79 (75% off): $69
• Luminar Neo lifetime + free 100 creative add-ons + free Neo video course worth $79 (75% off): $119
• Upgrade Pass for existing users: $33

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