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Luminar AI Sale - 50% Off I rarely mention sales. It sounds like it is - a chance for an affiliate to make a quick buck. But this one is worth knowing about. Skylum Software is offering Luminar AI for just £29.00 for the next 3 days. That is ridiculously cheap. I've reviewed Luminar many [...]
I have just uploaded to YouTube the latest instalment in the DXO vs Luminar series. You can watch the video below and see the results below... Click here to see the previous instalment in this series... DXO Photo Lab 4 vs Luminar 4 - Creative Test Here are some comparisons of the DXO Photo Lab [...]
This is the second in a series of posts comparing DXO Photo Lab 4 and Luminar 4. Click here for the next in the series. In my last post and video, I looked at DXO Photo Lab version 4 versus Luminar version 4. My test was an end to end development of a RAW image. [...]
DxO Photo Lab 4 Released today! This time last year, DxO released Photo Lab V3 and, whilst I liked it, I commented that it wasn’t much more than an incremental release and that DxO was struggling to keep up with Topaz Labs in terms of noise reduction. What is DxO Photo Lab? DxO Photo Lab [...]
Sharpening - Final Step Almost all photos need a degree of sharpening. A sophisticated approach is to sharpen your image in stages: During RAW development After post processing After resizing RAW processors do so much that it's hard to know if they are doing step 1, step 2, or both. In post 1 in this [...]
It's a busy day for photo software enthusiasts with two updates to leading edge photography software products: Skylum Luminar 4 and Topaz Sharpen AI. These tools are vital to good a digital photography workflow. Therefore, I am releasing a series of posts and YouTube videos showing how to use these products, and Topaz DeNoise AI in your workflow. [...]
I like Adobe's products. But I don't like their subscription model. Based on making many tests I think other, non Adobe, software is better. Here are my recommendations. Photoshop Alternative There is only one serious candidate for this: Affinity Photo. At less than £50 Affinity is cheaper than Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Paintshop Pro and it [...]
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The folks at Skylum kindly granted me access to a beta version of Luminar 4. The release date is November 18th, so this is near to being the pre-release version. It certainly felt stable and fully featured. Even better, it supports Canon's CR3 files! Luminar 4 - What's New? Readers of this blog will know [...]