Photolemur is an automatic photo enhancer application that is powered by artificial intelligence and is available for Mac and Windows
What is new with Photolemur 2.2 Spectre
New Smart slider that lets you decide how much of an adjustment you want to be applied to your photo
In addition to being a standalone program, it is now a plugin for Lightroom and External Editor for Apple Photos.
New Noise Reduction
New Sky Enhancement
Faster processing
Smarter Enhancement Tech.
Still has Automatic bulk picture enhancing that is meant to dramatically simplify batch image editing: enhance all your images at once, process RAW files, work with any volume of images.
Pre-order Luminar, the new photo editor from Macphun.
The all inclusive photo editor for those who just want a better basic editor to those who want all the advanced features and more than those found in other editors. Click the image below to pre-order or just to learn more about this new editor.
Let’s just get the pre-order Luminar details out of the way first
Pricing
New Macphun Customers can Pre-Order Luminar for the discounted price of $59 and get the Pre-Order Bonuses!
Current Users of any Macphun Software, including Aurora HDR or Aurora HDR 2017 can Pre-Order Luminar for the discounted price of $49 and get the Pre-Order Bonuses
The Pre-order Luminar offer is only available from November 2 – November 17. After that, the bonus items are gone and the price goes back up by $10 for new and existing customer pricing.
Luminar is designed to be used by those who just want it for basic editing all they way up to the most advanced user and everyone in between. For those looking to go beyond what Photos for the Mac can do for you and let you grow into more advanced editing techniques all within one program.
With a few clicks you can switch from the basic mode to a more advanced mode.
Luminar with the basic photo editing tools on the right.Some of the more advanced tools shown on the right with preset along the bottom
In the basic or advanced views you can quickly see how the edits you have done affect your photo with the split view that shows your original and the your photo with your Luminar adjustments so you can quickly compare the results.
Split view with your original image on the left and your image after Luminar
When you start getting into the advanced options such as filters and you are not sure what they will do to your photo. Now there are built in examples that you can see for each filter type.
Not sure what the Polarizing Filter does, expand the window to see a description and example images of the filter in use
Now sure where to start, no problem, you have a wide variety of presets to choose from. You can either stick with the changes that the preset gave you or you can expand upon those changes by choosing a preset and then making your own additional adjustments. If you like the adjustments you made and think you will use them on future photos, you can even save the settings as your own custom preset.
Presets show at the bottom and the various preset types you can choose to help narrow down you choices
My thoughts
I see Luminar being used by the casual user who just needs access to a few more photo editing options than those offered by the basic programs that come with your computer up to those who want more advanced editing features but do not want to pay the higher price of other editors.
With the ease of use and the built-in examples, I can see those who started out using the basics editing functions quickly moving into using the advanced features of Luminar.
Luminar is a great starting point for the Macphun series of photo editors. Start with Luminar and as you are looking for more advanced editing features you can move up to Creative Kit which gives you more controls over the specific functions of each app that is part of the Creative Kit. Or if you have decided to venture into HDR, you can add Aurora HDR 2017 the best HDR editor out there.
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Click Learn More above to enter the sweepstakes. Make sure to come back and enter each week. The breakdown of the time periods for each week and the prizes they are offering that week shown below.
ON1 Photo RAW Sweepstakes contest periods and prizes for that week.
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After you have entered the sweepstakes, be sure to check out the new features of ON1 Photo Raw.
If you like what you see and I’m sure you will, you can pre-order your upgrade or pre-order ON1 Photo RAW and get the current version ON1 Photo 10.5 now so you can start making great photos now and get ON1 Photo RAW November free.
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4 ON1 Photo RAW Master Courses
Monthly Loyalty Rewards
If you are unfamiliar with the ON1 suite of photo editing products for Mac and Windows
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