Revealing Original Images

There are times when you want to locate an original photo on your hard drive. Perhaps you want to save or archive the original on another drive or email it to someone. Often, you just want to find another image that you shot at the same time but that isn’t in your Luminar^AI Catalog. No matter your goal, Luminar^AI allows you to quickly locate your original image files on your hard drive.

Show in Finder / File Explorer

Here’s how to locate content in your Luminar^AI Catalog on your hard drive. This can be useful for operations like copying or backing up data.

Single Image

To locate a single image on your hard drive:

1. Select an image in your Catalog.
2. Right-click on the image and choose Show in Explorer (Windows) or Show in Finder (macOS).
3. Luminar^AI will open File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS) and reveal the file on your hard drive.

If you select multiple images before choosing Show in Explorer/Show in Finder, Luminar^AI will locate the first one you selected.

Folder

To locate a folder of images on your hard drive:

1. Switch to the Catalog view.
2. Under the Folders collection in the Catalog panel, select the folder or subfolder you wish to locate.
3. Right-click on it.
4. In the pop-up menu, choose Show in Explorer (Windows) or Show in Finder (macOS). Luminar^AI will reveal the folder on your hard drive.

Note: External disks
If an image or folder resides on an external hard drive and that hard drive is offline, the Show in Explorer/Show in Finder option will not be available. Additionally, albums do not have this as an option as they are virtual collections. However, individual images located inside albums can be revealed in File Explorer or Finder.

Tip: Multiple edits
If you need to develop an image multiple times (similar to a virtual copy) you can use the Reveal command. Simply locate the desired image and reveal it in the Finder or Explorer. You can then duplicate the photo and return to Luminar^AI. You can now develop the second copy with different settings.