Luminar Neo

Luminar is Skylum's photo editor for macOS and Windows, usable as a standalone application or as a plugin for Photoshop, Lightroom and Apple Photos. It is built around tools that handle the fiddly parts of an edit automatically, so a photographer can reach a finished look without manual masking or layer stacking, while still keeping full control over the result. The tool set spans more than thirty features. Sky replacement identifies and swaps a sky in one click and adds matching water reflections. A single accent slider substitutes for more than a dozen controls including shadows, highlights, contrast, tone, saturation, exposure and detail. Atmosphere adds fog, mist or haze with content aware masking. Further tools cover relighting underexposed images, face, skin and portrait background work, bokeh, structure, composition, studio lighting, photo restoration, and generative erase, swap and expand, alongside an assistant. Professional tools include focus stacking, background removal, upscaling, noise reduction, merging to high dynamic range and panorama stitching. Editing runs on the device, and work syncs between mobile and desktop. A library of presets, LUTs, overlays, skies and courses ships with the paid tiers. Pricing is a one time payment and localizes to the visitor's region rather than being quoted in a single currency. Viewed from Australia, the page shows a desktop only license at AUD 179.00, an all platforms license at AUD 229.00 and a Max license at AUD 289.00. The desktop and mobile applications are perpetual, while the generative tools, assistant and asset library run for 365 days and renew through the Luminar Prime subscription, one year of which is included with Max. A 30 day money back guarantee is offered. Skylum has consolidated its editors under the Luminar name across desktop and mobile, with a web version listed as coming in fall 2026.