My method would be to get everything as far as I can with LRc and if I feel more work is needed, I will select the 'Edit In' option and choose to edit a copy ( Tiff image), with lightroom adjustments in Luminar AIĪs this package is designed to help out the beginner with a lot of auto functions this does lend itself to being an end Process rather than a true Plugin when the processing is finished the Luminar Version is saved and stacked with the Lightroom original DNG image. My basic workflow in lightroom is to do all I can within Lightroom, often this is all that is needed and the result at this time is the finished one - and can be published or used in other ways. The Skylum editors work automatically with LR (Classic), but they work best for me as a last option rather than use in a multiple edit (back and for), workflow.Īll my images are converted to DNG on import and completed edits are usually 'published' as JPG L4 or LAi were never meant to be a replacement for Photoshop and the original intent of this discussion was a comparison of Luminar to Lightroom so we should not bring in PS features to beat Luminar over the head with. The sky replacement in PS is certainly more versatile with the exposed layers but in Luminar I seldom have to make any changes that the quick and simple masking tool can't handle. Both L4 and LAi have some wonderful tools and I still find that they get the sky replacement better on the first try than PS. But L4 will keep working after formal support has ended as long as hardware upgrades do not conflict, it can be had for a song and it can still be a very useful tool to have in your arsenal as a stand alone or as a plugin. As I noted previously I think Luminar AI is not an improvement to Luminar 4 at least not yet. The purpose of this particular forum is to discuss Photoshop and other external editors. I don't think that this discussion is off topic at all. I think Colin has missed the point on several different levels.

Most of us here are happy with what we have and there is, imo, no need for the paths to cross on this forum, except maybe when it is used as an Adobe plugin where it can be useful.

But then they are not meant to be comparable are they? Luminar is designed for a very specific audience (as described by the Skylum CEO) and if you fall in that group, as you clearly do, you have every right to be happy with what you have. So to conclude - to properly compare L4 to Adobe you need to compare it to the Lr/Ps combination and then the focus falls on all the things Adobe can do that Luminar cannot. Good that you think Skylum has a good support team - many will disagree with that.

Ps' masking is probably best of breed now so it would be useful to understand why you believe Ps foreground masking in sky replacement is inferior, especially as having access to the sky replacement mask allows one to correct the inevitable vagaries that will arise via artificial intelligence. Sorry but sky replacement is superior in Ps (as supported by the reviews I have read and my experience) if only because it gives you access to the layers thus enabling further adjustments to the mask and colours using Ps controls. Luminar Ai is even worse, no layers, no blending and no ability to use the same filter twice on any one image, and the dam has all but been removed intentionally. Lr also has its partner Ps and the two together just blow L4 out of the water. Layers were not great either as they just slowed the thing down to a crawl (or a crash) and the app does not use the gpu. Indeed selective editing is pathetic at best. It is what you cannot achieve in L4 that is the issue - no range masking, no edge aware technology.

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