Luminar Neo Update 1.1.0 - It's Now Feature-Complete !!!

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 backgrounds easily
✅ Better layers workflow
✅ Interface improvements
✅ Lots of bug fixes for both Mac and Windows

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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.

Additionally, Skylum Software 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!

If you're a student in my Luminar Neo course, you'll find that it will be updated soon with these new feature tutorials.

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📷 Related Videos to Watch

Luminar Neo Portrait Background Removal Tool Tutorial

Luminar Neo Layers Tutorial

Darlene's Upside-Down Trick

Luminar Neo Dodge and Burn HACK

How to Use the Luminar Neo Histogram

Luminar Neo Portrait Face Light Vignette HACK

[Urjoking]

At last, someone who knows how to connect with beginners and make learning fun again. Thank you

[buzzbladz]

Yes, Darlene, I've been waiting for this update. Also Thank You for the Admission to the Facebook group.

[kareemtejumola]

Darlene I sincerely thank you for this tutorial. I have watched many YouTube videos on this subject but none made it as clear and easy to understand as yours. I am now going back to work to start using the bportrait background remover. Can't wait. Thanks thanks thanks

[vsnrao]

Thanks Darlene - great video - I was not able to find the portrait background removal tool after updating and was wondering what the update is all about. Just waited for a video from you and yes, found it now!! Other brilliant stuff you explained is on how to use the refining brush -just looking at the way the layout was presented, I would have got confused and leave not trying any refinement. That's a great value addition from you in learning it yourself with Luminar folks and passing the knowledge. Great effort and thanks again.
To answer your question, really not kind of waiting for this feature to appear, as even without this, NEO was already complete for me and screaming loud and clear that it is the 'ONE' that we need. I left Lightroom 4 years back, once they got greedy with subscription model - since then, tried Luminar for 3 years and ON1 for 1 year in 2020. I am very happy with what Neo offers and even more relieved and glad that I do not have to get back to Lightroom - ever !!!

[martingostling]

Thank you Darlene for this excellent video introducing the latest features, particularly the Portrait Background removal tool.

[philyoung]

Loving Luminar now. Still learning but this is a big leap forward 👏. Great video, thanks.

[raylander]

Yes, impressed with Luminar Neo in general and this tool you showed us as well; Also thank you for your great video; this is the first time I see your channel; time to come back for more

[leoomer]

Thank you very much for this impressive video. This update of Luminar Neo is truly completeing what we were expecting.

[Skyholder]

Wow! Thanks so much. Extremely helpful, and easily followed.

[DigitalPhotoMentor]

Watch Next: Portrait Background Removal Tool Tutorial

[trixbester]

Great love it, been waiting a long time! Thank the guys for us please. And thx for great explanation Darlene

[catherinemullarkey]

Thanks Darlene, another wonderful video, I’ll be t watch it a few times more before I would attempt to use it. What a powerful update. Well done Skylum

[reynoldboisen]

Great tutorial! I will be using NEO a lot more now.

[hollylinton]

I've been waiting to USE Neo until it was feature-complete but am thankful you gave us an early bird discount. Did you notice the Object button is orange and the Background button is blue when you hover over them, and Transition is clear so that will also be a clue as to which button you are selecting! I look forward to giving this tool a try soon! Thanks for the video.

[wesleybrilhante]

Great video and yea even though I’m a adobe fan since forever and i still don’t see myself coming out of the subscription of adobe I just like all their products but since skylum showed up on the scene I’ve got all their softwares and NEO it’s my favorite thing since I’m not great at all with photoshop lol NEO brings or should i say open the door for people that don’t want to have to deal with that tons of tools that photoshop have to offer when you can basically cut your time in less than half, I see NEO been used more for photographers that already have experience and just want to do some real quick editing, improve colors correction etc where photoshop is always going to dominate when it comes to photo manipulation NEO it’s great but not on the same level of photoshop when it comes to photo manipulation yet but i do believe that they are working towards that and also a great competition for topaz softwares from the surveys we been getting they are asking a lot of questions about a better Denoise AI, sharpen AI and a function that basically it’s described topaz gigapixel AI if they add those things to NEO then I’ll be very happy because it’s 3 companies that i need on my workflow, adobe, skylum and topaz, I like shooting on very high ISO’s and fixing with Denoise AI but at least I know my pictures will look good in case of hand held and a bit blurry then nothing that sharpen can’t fix and gigapixel AI is essential

[michaelpegg]

Very good lesson on background removal best on YouTube.
Neo still not complete as awaiting Cut & Paste, Dodge & Burn and Redo.
Also layer masking does not allow copy and paste.
However a really good update and Neo is developing to be a capable program.
Thank you 😊

[timkasper]

Yes, very interesting, good job teaching about it

[robertatwell]

Been a Luminar user for years now. NEO is finally coming into its own as a very useful product. The background removal will be a big help for those times where you couldn’t or didn’t light the background well. I think that we are going to find this version very useful for portraits and events.

[etuoyo]

The pre-release marketing materials suggested that when you change the background it would automatically relight your image based on the lighting of the background (just like sky replacement does). That does not seem to be the case.

[phlotographer]

If I recall correctly I have viewed a tutorial that has mentioned that Click>Shift>Click has been implemented in this update but the lack of undo when working to refined the selection will be a major PITA particularly if the error is made late in the "fixing" process.