Lightroom vs Luminar Neo : Which one is right for you in 2024?

Lightroom vs Luminar Neo and which one is better in 2024 and is there really a difference between them?
I look at it form a new photographers perspective and is it better to go for Lightroom or Luminar Neo if you are starting off today on your photography editing journey and despite what you might think the result was surprising.
I then look at it from an established photographers viewpoint and which is the right one to pick and in all honesty there was very little to choose from between them.

You can find my Lightroom vs Luminar Neo review here...
Where I share their exact differences and the pros and cons to both systems.

You can also find my Luminar Neo discount code and special offers page here...

0:00 Intro
2:10 Luminar Neo Key features
2:40 Luminar Neo AI tools THIS IS HUGE
5:39 Luminar neo special Landscape tools
6:27 Luminar Neo AI Masking and layering
7:42 Lightroom key features
8:23 Lightroom Denoise AI
8:50 What I love about Lightroom
9:29 Lightroom and Luminar Neo basic editing features.
10:06 Lightroom vs Luminar Neo Prices
10:27 When is a good time to buy Lightroom
10:38 Luminar Neo discount code
11:18 How to decide which platform is right for you
12:19 Lightroom vs Luminar Neo for people starting in photography editing.
13:13 Which is best for Portraits?
13:50 Lightroom vs Luminar Neo and if I had to cancel one of them!
15:22 Which one do I prefer for colour reproduction.
16:08 Which one would I choose?
16:54 Important note.

[leonfisher]

For some reason I was expecting a review.

[ivanbolton]

Having serious problems with Neo opening Z8 RAWS. On the same day I shot 2 sets of RAWs on the Z8 The first set opened and edited fine. Every time I loaded in and tried to open a photo from the 2nd set it crashed, over and over. I did not alter the RAW setting on the camera. Had to convert them to DNGs to get them edited. Have been using Neo over a year now with no problems until now. Any ideas?

[moishelande-sesf]

Hi, i'd like to see the luminar neo vs lightroom blog post but the link isn't in the description.thanks.

[avasigabor]

Hi, I really like you video, but honestly, I still don't have enough info to choose. I think I have seen somewhere in a YT video where the photographer used Luminar Neo as a plug-in launched from Lightroom CC. As I have this very old Lightroom desktop version, a Luminar Neo plug-in for the AI features would be the greatest solution, as I could still read and use my LR catalogues from the past decade :) Does anyone has experience with that plug-in? Also, it would be nice to know if Neo can understand/read my LR catalogues? And finally, I also need to investigate if Neo is also non-destructive in the development process? To me, these are important decision factors.

[martinlennon]

Thanks Kieran, that was interesting … keep them both 🤓🤓

[Uisci]

Would love a side by side comparison of navigating/importing images/editing/sharing etc

[DJ-Miami]

At around 3:00 you mention numerous desires and don’t show any one off ! Pointless .

[MrAndrzej]

Who can stand 18 minutes of talking without any pictorial comparison ?

[jeremygl]

totally useless without video presentation of what youre talking about.. why would i wanna see your face for almost 20min without much more?