Luminar is a rising full-featured image post-processing software for Windows and Mac, developed by Skylum (formerly called Macphun) in 2016. It is similar to Adobe Lightroom in functionality, and is more convenient and easy to use than Adobe Photoshop. In just a few years, it has become the most popular photo editor for photographers.

As a powerful, efficient, friendly and highly customizable image processing software, Luminar comes with an innovative user interface, in which the photographer can adjust/customize according to their photography style, skill level and preference; and provides hundreds of tools and functions, including rapid RAW support, layer, custom brushes, selective editing, masking, dozens of photos filters with custom adjustment, Luminar Looks, and so on. In addition, Luminar has advanced controls that are easy to use. For example, smart filters like Accent AI can easily get users beautiful images in seconds.

Luminar's features are rich and complete, allowing user to create amazing photo effects in just a few minutes. It is designed to provide modern photographers with everything they need for photo editing, help photographers simplify the image editing process, and is suitable for photographers of all skill levels. Without a doubt, Luminar has become the best alternative to Adobe Lightroom now.

Key Features

Feature Description
AI Sky Replacement Replace the sky to change the mood of your photo — instantly. Thanks to intelligent algorithms, this challenging task is now automated.
AI Skin Enhancer & Portrait Enhancer Enhance your portraits faster than ever with revolutionary human-aware technology. You’ll get amazingly realistic results with portraits shot in a studio or outdoors.
AI Structure Quickly reveal important parts of each image without damaging the rest of the photo. This content-aware tool detects objects that could look richer and improves them.
Sunrays Create realistic light rays. Add a source of sunlight and move it around your image. Watch volumetric sunbeams magically seep between objects like trees and buildings.
AI Enhance Accent AI makes dozens of complex adjustments when you move just one slider. New human-aware technology recognizes people and applies adjustments selectively for ultra-realistic results.

AI Sky Enhancer automatically finds the sky in your photo and lets you give it a more dramatic look in one simple move.
Golden Hour Bring warm sunlight to your photos. This content-aware tool works perfectly with landscapes and outdoor portraits, making people look warmer, with golden accents to their hair.
Smart Contrast Comparing to regular contrast, Smart Contrast is more careful and sophisticated. It preserves both colors and details for more realistic detailed photo.
Apply instant Looks Immerse in more than 70 Looks, handcrafted by recognized photo artists. Create and share your own unique Looks.
Remove noise Flawlessly remove digital noise from any type of photo. Get perfect images no matter the camera and shooting conditions.
Enhance details Create more dramatic shots. Bring crystal-clear sharpness to your images. Enhance the sharpness of small, medium, and large details selectively.

Official Demo Video

System Requirements

  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 ~ 2019 Redistributable Packages

Edition Statement

AppNee provides the Luminar multilingual full installers and unlocked files, portable full registered versions for Windows 64-bit, as well as pre-activated versions for Mac.

Installation Notes

for v4.1.1+ Portable versions on Windows:
  1. Download and extract program
  2. Add the following lines to your hosts file (or use it offline):
    • 127.0.0.1 auth.macphun.com
    • 127.0.0.1 luminar3win.update.skylum.com
    • 127.0.0.1 luminar3.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com
    • 127.0.0.1 luminar4win.update.skylum.com
    • 127.0.0.1 luminar4.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com
    • 127.0.0.1 stats-api.skylum.com
    • 127.0.0.1 geotargetly-1a441.appspot.com
    • 127.0.0.1 fx.macphun.com
    • 127.0.0.1 canonicalizer.ucsuri.tcs
    • 127.0.0.1 auth.macphun.com
    • 127.0.0.1 stats-api.skylum.com
    • 127.0.0.1 api.photolemur.com
  3. Done
*** If that does not work, try to import the reg key file.

*** If you didn't properly block it you will end up with trial expired warning, delete Luminar 4 folder completely in the following path:

  • C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\

Related Links

Download URLs

Version Download Size
for Windows
v3.1.3 reserved n/a
v4.3.3 395 MB
for Mac
v4.3.4 346 MB
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