This page will include any and all Luminar Neo updates and information about any changes to the software. They will be released onto YouTube on the Digital Photo Mentor channel and embedded onto this lesson page for your convenience as well.
The most recent update will appear at the top, while any past updates will be below on this page.
Luminar Neo Update 1.2.0 – Dodge & Burn + HDR Extension
Luminar Neo Update 1.2.0 is now available and with it adds both Dodge & Burn, but also now HDR with NEW Luminar Neo Extensions. Luminar Neo Update 1.2.0 brings with it the ability to do HDR within Luminar Neo with their first Extension to the software.
Dodge and Burn is another story. I still feel that my way of Dodging and Burning is a better method than to use the built in software. See the link below for more on my Dodge and Burn Hack!
📢 What’s New in Luminar Neo 1.2.0?
✅ Dodge & Burn
✅ Paid Extensions
✅ HDR Merge
✅ Bug fixes for both Mac and Windows
Luminar Neo 1.2.0 Update introduce extensions — paid professional features that expand the capabilities of Luminar Neo. The first extension we’re releasing is HDR Merge, which can merge up to 10 exposure-bracketed images into a single HDR photo. HDR Merge delivers a spectacular level of color enhancement, making the final result look as close as possible to what the human eye can see.
If you’re a student in my Luminar Neo course, you’ll find that it will be updated soon with these new feature tutorials.
Luminar Neo Dodge and Burn is a welcomed addition to the software, but I still think my way of doing dodging and burning offers a better way with more options.
Luminar Neo Update 1.1.1 – Now With Duplicate Layers
Luminar Neo update 1.1.1 brings a new feature to the table, the ability to duplicate layers. If you want to see what’s new in Luminar Neo, watch and learn how to use duplicate layers to add creativity to your photos.
What’s new in Luminar Neo 1.1.1
- Duplicate Layers
- New keyboard command “d” to duplicate a layer
- Windows and Mac bug fixes
For a complete list of what’s new visit the Skylum What’s New page.
Luminar Neo Update 1.1.0 – It’s Feature-Complete Now
Luminar Neo Update 1.1.0 is now available and with it becomes feature-complete. Luminar Neo Update 1.1.0 brings the Portrait Background Removal Tool so you can quickly and easily remove backgrounds (and replace them) as well as improvements to the layers workflow, interface tweaks, lots of bug fixes and so much more.
What’s New in Luminar Neo 1.1.0?
- Remove portrait background easily
- Better layers workflow
- Interface Improvements
- Lots of bug fixes for both Mac and Windows
With Luminar Neo update 1.1.0, you can select a human in your photo and automatically remove the background behind them. Fine tune the selection with a smart refinement brush and even save the portrait as a separate PNG file to use in any manner of creative ways.
Better layer workflow in Luminar Neo allows you to now use RAW files in layers and you can now fit, fill, or stretch your layer while retaining the correct proportions. You can also move layers around and re-order them with this Luminar Neo update 1.1.0. You can also export PNG, TIFF and JPEG2000 files with saved transparency when using Luminar Neo as a standalone app.
In addition, Skylum has added a feature where you can double-click the slider button to reset the Layer opacity to the default setting.
What’s New in Luminar Neo Interface?
Lots of small tweaks make organizing and workflow much easier. Tools now have collapsing groups for easy access to your favorite tools and there is an updated interface for Crop AI and the Erase button.
Bug fixes for both Mac and Windows as well which will make many users very happy. With the addition of the portrait background removal tool, Luminar Neo Update 1.1.0 is now considered feature-complete!
Luminar Neo Update 1.0.7
Update 1.0.7 saw a new option to bookmark your favorite tools, or the ones that use the most often – of course you know mine: Mystical and Color Harmony.
They also added the masking tools and Mask AI to layers as well.
Luminar Neo Update 1.0.6
Update 1.0.6 includes:
Luminar Neo Update 1.0.6 brings a host of new functionality and feature requests we’ve all been waiting for! Histograms and BIG changes to the masking tools including Mask AI. Luminar Neo Update 1.0.6 adds a Linear gradient tool, a Radial gradient tool and FINALLY, the ability to copy and paste a mask from one tool to another. Also, the Histogram has been a long awaited feature (necessity) and is now finally included within update 1.0.6.
In regards to histograms, which is also now a usable size, clipping warnings are available now as well, and a keyboard shortcut for it is also been added.
Simply press “J” on your keyboard to show the clipping warnings. Also, where the histogram was NOT available in the Curves tool on Windows machines, it NOW IS.
Skylum had promised Mask AI would be inside Luminar Neo and it’s finally here! Now available for every tool is AI Mask, which works to find and select objects using AI masking technology. Mask AI can find things like the sky, humans, animals, flora, manmade ground, natural ground, paths, and more.
Using this new Mask AI (which is what they are calling it) you can really precise and edit selectively. So, if you’ve been waiting for Mask AI, make sure you get Luminar Neo and this update.
Luminar Neo Update 1.0.5
Update 1.0.5 includes:
- Improvements to Presets
- Access the Presets tab from the top menu bar.
- See all of a preset’s built-in edits when applying it. Simply apply a preset and go to the Edits tab. You can then make adjustments to the applied edits as you please!
- Save your own edits (including all applied edit tools, layers, and masking) as a custom preset for later use.
- Use Undo and Redo when applying a Preset.
- View Presets using the T keyboard shortcut (or by selecting View > Presets in the menu).
- Use the Revert option on a Preset button (reverts a photo to the state it was in before entering the presets tab)
- On top of that, enjoy an improved LUTs workflow in the Mood tool (added animations, a custom category, and the ability to remove LUTs from the popover).
- Apply and use DCP files in the Develop RAW filter.
- To top it all off, they’ve caught 7 bugs that could lead to unexpected results.
- Mac OS changes:
- Remove a Layer with the Delete shortcut. Also, you can export images in higher resolution in Luminar Share.
- Smoothly delete images from Single Image Edits.
- Make and undo edits without encountering the overlapped Discard Edits button.
- Export an image via the Share menu in Luminar Neo, then smoothly use mirroring in Luminar Share.
- Send high-resolution images via the share feature in iMessage.
- Windows changes:
- When applying a Preset, previously added Layers are reset as expected.
- Better performance when reopening a previously edited image and applying tools.
- When using Luminar Neo as a Photoshop or Lightroom plugin, the Cancel and Apply buttons are scaled according to the window size.
Luminar Neo Update 1.0.2
Update 1.0.2 available March 16th includes:
- Distortion correction controls (added to Develop Raw). You can now adjust vertical and horizontal perspective as well as aspect ratio
- Sliders are much more responsive and affect the image almost instantly
- Copy and Paste adjustments (Sync) from photo to photo or batch copy
- Add an entire folder of images
- Ability to work with transparent images. This is a great addition to this Luminar Neo update if you’ve been wanting to work with logos or watermarks at the very least.
