Luminar NEO vs Lightroom | WHO WINS?

In this video, I'll compare Luminar NEO and Lightroom while editing the same photo to see who wins the crown for your photo editing.

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In this video, we compare Luminar NEO vs Lightroom Classic. Who wins? Watch and find out!

Luminar NEO is a new photo editing software that claims to be faster, more efficient, and easier to use than Lightroom Classic. Is it worth switching to Luminar NEO? Let's find out in this video!

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[jw-lkpe]

I switched from Lightroom to Luminar Neo a few months ago. Despite it being a little bit buggy at times, it is WAAAYYYY more fun to use and far more intuitive. And I don't find myself forgetting how to use certain functions like I would in Lightroom.

[IntelligentImagery-iplm]

This is great! I love that you actually went through and edited in both applications as opposed to just showing the final product.

[jennifergrand]

I subscribed to Luminar Neo and have been impressed over and over again. Your video was very enlightening and again reinforces my satisfaction with using Luminar. I enjoy your videos because of how you relate information in a way that I can apply immediately.

[johnscratchley]

I agree Luminar version looks the best to me. I much prefer working with Luminar Neo v: Lightroom.

[cguerrieri]

Great lesson on editing with Neo. Thanks

[badtuna]

I have Luminar 4 and just recently subscribed to Luminar Neo. So far, I love Neo. Your video also provided me with more guidance on its features and use. I haven't used Lightroom, but glad I decided to go with Neo for my photo editing. Thanks for the video.

[williamreade]

I have been using Luminar over a year now and im very happy with the results. My only beef I have is that learning all the actions takes longer than with Lightroom. Over all I like Luminar hands down

[HadleyHope]

You did add a preset to get you going with Luminar. I have found that the preset previews can be so slow to show if you have more than half a dozen in the same category.

[paulhopkins]

Luminar Neo, buy once cry once > LR subscription based. Plus, Adobe spys on you

[AndresIbanezVasquez]

Really like the results and ease of use with Luminar Neo but I wish it had 2 things:
1) merging of layers (workaround for me is exporting as a new image and then importing again)
2) copying only certain adjustments instead of all of them, since loading adjustments with AI Masking included can take forever on my PC

[karlikmichal]

I think that Luminar is easier to learn and work with, but at the end Lightroom is far away. If you learn more of how things work in Lr, you do more specific and clear work. However it needs a lot of time to learn how Lightroom, photography editing and colours editing works. So at the end, Lightroom here is better, if you want to be better in final and consistent editor. Maybe also if you want to do better photos with your camera. More Ai futures is at the start point in profi editind really bad idea, for me, with full respect to others. But, if you don’t have time and you are hobby person, I really like how Luminar works with this point of view.

[muzzapj]

Anyone else having trouble running the luminar neo program after installing it ? I’m using windows

[Ed-lzjv]

no mention of Library in Luminar? also what about Capture1 best RAW engine out there

[cryothic]

10:28: "it always make my photos look a little bit better if I add a little of that 'pop' in there"
13:20 "The lightroom version is a little bit more blue than I would like"

I want to scream at my screen. :D

I too am looking for a lightroom replacement, if I can find anything. So far, I think I will be paying for another year.
Especially the seperate human masks in lightroom are so good.

[xuaculopez]

Thanks for share... both programs are very good.

[STACYBURK]

Would love to see a comparison between Luminar Neo and ON1 Raw 2024. Also, I found the background music while you were talking very distractive and irritating.

[craigholtz]

What course or courses do you recommend to learn Luminar Neo?

[PaulDavidGibson]

Thanks for the video. Did you open the raw file in Luminar Neo or send a .tif over from Lightroom?

[sanfordradom]

I think if there is any difference, it is so small that to learn another post processing software program isn't warranted. I have been using Lightroom forever. With a little tweaking, I feel they would be identical. I don't really think you would see any difference in a print.

[weseehowcommiegoogleis]

My biggest problem with the modern offerings are the lack of taking a good shot to begin with. Most of what these do is geared toward the Phone Bubble brains.
I just want to SEE life how it Looks.