Luminar Neo Major Update 1.21 - Fall 2024

In this video, we take a deep dive into the latest Luminar Neo Major Update 1.21 for Fall 2024. If you’re wondering what’s new in Luminar Neo, we’ve got you covered! This update introduces several long-awaited features that could drastically enhance your workflow. From catalog improvements to new editing tools, we’ll walk you through the highlights and provide a hands-on demo to show how these new features work in practice.

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One of the biggest wins in this Luminar Neo update is the addition of a Filmstrip in Edit Mode, making it much easier to navigate and edit multiple images without jumping in and out of panels—this is a game-changer for efficiency!

Other key updates include Virtual Copies, which lets you create multiple versions of an image, although it lacks a deletion option for now. The improved Advanced Filtering system allows you to easily sort through images by camera, year, or flag status, making it quicker to find the exact shots you need. However, there’s still room for improvement, particularly with organizing albums since you can’t create parent folders for better management.

We also review the new Gallery View, though it doesn’t quite shrink thumbnails as expected in the minimal view.

Key Takeaways:
✔️ Filmstrip in Edit Mode: Finally! Edit multiple images without leaving the edit panel.
✔️ Virtual Copies: A welcome addition, but lacking the ability to delete versions.
✔️ Advanced Filtering: Easily find images based on criteria like camera, year, or flag.
✔️ Gallery View: New display options, but the minimal thumbnail view could use tweaking.
✔️ Catalog Improvements: Better sorting options for folders and albums, but still no parent folders for albums.
✔️ Star Ratings: Quickly rate and manage your photos to stay organized.

Excited about the Luminar Neo update? Let us know in the comments! If you’ve got questions or want to see specific features in action, drop them below and we’ll cover them in future videos.

[samiludo]

Thanks again for this "true" and objective review. It is so rare on YouTube nowdays 😉
Very good and valuable job 👏

[PictureperfectphotographyVA]

I’ve searched through your Neo vids. I’ve learned soooo much!!! Do you have techniques to create a reflection for animals in Neo?

[FabrizioBertorino]

Thanks for your review, clear and honest.
I'd like I could move in the Catalog photos as I wish: it would be very useful when creating a storytelling.

[normameyers]

Yes, post crop vignette would be nice.

[pcrate]

thank you for sharing photos from my country..

[wielpaquay]

Thank you Darlene. Could you also ask Skylum if they make it possible to merge the without having to export the photo.

[markbarnes]

Virtual copies is long overdue. Wish that a side by side compare function came with it. Great video...thanks!

[Rackmani]

Colour grading works better if applied the way anthony turnham demo's in his video. Essentially make the adjustment - say hue shift- then apply the colour masking then you can go back to check and when go back in can add to the existing mask by clicking on another part of the colour. You can also then use the brush to remove from any unwanted areas. Like you say not perfect but this is work around ish

[horizonimages]

Thank you for such an honest review. This and some of the comments has put me off purchasing Neo. I have an earlier version that I rarely use due to lack of features and slow performance and was hoping this update was going to give me a viable alternative to the Adobe subscription. Sadly not. Maybe it needs another year or two to mature.

[jamestibbel]

Thanks this was great. Looking forward to using virtual copy.

[alexzahnd]

Thanks again for a very informative tutorial of the new, forthcoming Luminar Neo update! I am MISSING the Infrared (IR) RAW images editing for all various cameras, not just the Fuji images which are finally supported, BUT as well the Sony IR RAW images. I communicated with Skylum in this regard and they promised to work on it BUT it would be GOOD and important that MORE photographers bring this to Skylum as otherwise it will take ages!

[FoarteMisto]

Ones and twos should be used for examples of bad photos like extra flares or weird artefacts or other exemplar tehnical mistaked !

[AXNJXN]

Actually, I think your review on these particular limitations are very valid. Hopefully, Luminar techs will take this constructively and improve the color picking portions here; these truly ARE important!

[tompatton]

I've always found the masking in Luminar Neo to be somewhat sloppy. An edge aware brush similar to what's found in Affinity Photo would be very helpful. Drawn and parametric masks similar to what's in Darktable and Lightroom would also be most welcome. Aside from that, I'd like to see improvements to their denoise and sharpening AI capabilities. Thanks for showing us this. Hopefully it will be a little more useful by the time the fall update is released.

[barrylevine]

Catalog: Detailed view - name of photo is at the top, I believe, not the bottom. It is a bit confusing as the spacing of the thumbnails causes this. Maybe they'll address it in a "point" release.

[mikkosuhonenphotography]

My Adobe Photography plan ended today. I have bought Luminar Neo. Is there away to import photos from a camera? I use Nikon transfer for my Nikon files but for other cameras, I don't find a way to import from a camera.

[torbenpedersen]

Nice review. You can sort folders, but what about subfolders ?

[acneubauer]

I remember that you had problems with the beta version, that there were some white blocks appearing in the photo, was that with Neo or with Aperty ? Because I just updated Neo to 1.21.2 . And am I the only one who has still white blocks my photo in the preview window? Sometimes they go sometimes they stay. Sometimes it's okay in the preview of catalogue but not in the preview of edit. And the white block is always visible in the film strip. When I export it the photos, okay.

[claptnei]

Version 1.21 has killed my workflow. Its slow and cannot export any photo as locks up and GPU goes 100%. NOT HAPPY with this update. Want to go back to 1.20

[Big.E]

Hope you don't mind me asking a question, after I updated I lost all my previous folders and albums. Is this the norm or has there been an issue with the program or user error. Thank you 😊🤔👍