Product Overview: Luminar AI
Luminar AI, developed by Skylum, is a cutting-edge AI-powered photo editing software designed to streamline and enhance the photo editing process for both amateur and professional photographers.
What Luminar AI Does
Luminar AI leverages advanced artificial intelligence to provide quick, intuitive, and powerful photo editing solutions. It automates many of the complex editing tasks, allowing users to achieve professional-grade results with minimal effort. The software is available as both a standalone application and a plugin for popular photo editing tools like Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
Key Features and Functionality
Workspaces and Interface
Luminar AI is organized into four primary workspaces: Catalog, Templates, Edit, and Export. The interface is polished and clutter-free, making it easy to navigate and use. The Catalog workspace allows users to manage their photos, including creating albums and folders, and accessing recently added or edited images.
AI-Powered Editing Tools
- Accent AI: Automatically adjusts shadows, highlights, contrast, tone, saturation, and exposure to enhance the overall look of the image. It functions similarly to Lightroom’s “Auto Settings” but with the added benefit of AI recognizing subjects in the photo and applying settings accordingly.
- Face AI, Body AI, Skin AI, and Iris AI: These tools are designed for portrait editing, allowing users to refine faces, eyes, and skin tones. Features include removing red eyes, reshaping eyebrows, and smoothing out uneven textures.
- Portrait Bokeh AI: Introduces artificial bokeh into portraits, even those with a long depth of field, using autonomous distance identifying technology and intelligent mask control.
Landscape and Sky Editing
- Sky AI: Enables automatic sky replacement with precision horizon control, allowing users to download additional sky assets and customize the sky to fit the image perfectly.
- Atmosphere AI and Sky Enhancer: Add depth and detail to skies, including the ability to introduce crepuscular rays and rolling mist.
- Golden Hour and Sunrays: Add warm tones and sun rays to images, mimicking the light of sunrises and sunsets.
Composition and Detail
- Composition AI: Helps in optimal cropping and fixing crooked horizons, closely following the rule of thirds.
- Structure AI: Adds detail and texture to scenes, applying textures appropriately to objects like water, rocks, and grass while avoiding people.
Creative and Advanced Features
- PhotoXpanse: Introduces 3D effects to images, adding depth and creativity.
- Infinite Pix: Improves low-quality images.
- Augmented Sky: Allows users to add atmospheric elements like 3D fog, birds, and sun rays to create stunning landscapes.
Templates and Batch Processing
- Templates: AI-powered presets that analyze the content of each image and suggest the best edits. Users can navigate through “For This Photo” editing templates to enhance their images further.
- Batch Processing: Enables users to edit multiple photos simultaneously, speeding up the workflow and improving autonomy.
Additional Features
- Layer Masks and Blending Modes: Automate the masking process and create layer masks that can be duplicated and edited. Users can add objects, create new textures, and apply blending modes to transform photos.
- Catalog Navigation: Offers advanced filtering options by camera model, focal length, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, and other parameters to effortlessly locate and organize images.
Luminar AI combines powerful AI tools with a user-friendly interface, making it an indispensable tool for photographers looking to enhance their images quickly and professionally.