![]() ![]() One of the key reasons for the roadmap is that some quite obvious DAM features are not present at launch. Prior to the launch of Luminar 3, Skylum released a roadmap for the product. So now Luminar 3 is here, how does it pan out for me? I have to say, not perfectly, but I *am* happy to ditch Adobe, finally. Luminar’s promise to add a DAM has been a focal point for me for a while now, not least because my Adobe Photographer’s Plan was coming up for renewal – as it turned out, 3 weeks prior to Luminar 3’s launch. It has taken a bit of effort to come up with this process, but it works. Then, one by one, I load these up in Luminar, process them, save the Luminar file (so I can return to tweak my edits if desired), export a “master” 16-bit TIFF file, and finally use a further piece of software to scale and watermark the masters to my normal standards for uploading to Flickr, my blog, and for adding to my iCloud Photos library. While I could use Luminar as a plugin to Lightroom, I’ve never been a fan of the round-tripping approach, so I have been importing all of my photos into Lightroom, adding keywords, picking those I will process, and then exporting those – keywords embedded – to a folder. The biggest weakness with Luminar 2018 was that I was still using Lightroom to manage my photo collection. While I could probably achieve the same results in Lightroom, Luminar somehow coaxes me to see how far I can push a photo, and as a result I’m getting punchier results, that I’m really pleased with, with less effort. I definitely prefer the Luminar way, and the Luminar results. I even experimented with a handful of shots, processing them first in Adobe Lightroom CC Classic (hereinafter Lightroom), and then in Luminar 2018. In this short time I’ve been committed to Luminar, I’ve come to really enjoy the efficiency it allows me in processing, and the quality it is producing. ![]() I’ve been using Luminar 2018 for all my photo processing for a few months now, which in my world means close to a hundred photographs. ![]() In short – it’s great, but with caveats for my needs. Hot on the heels of Aurora HDR 2019, and a year on from the release of Luminar 2018, Luminar 3 builds out the photo processing features with an initial release of the long awaited (and promised) digital asset manager (DAM). A review by Allister Jenks Software have been churning out new versions of their products like there’s a finish line somewhere near. ![]()
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