Luminar Neo is a powerful addition to Adobe Photoshop. To apply Luminar Neo as a filter, follow these steps:
- Open Adobe Photoshop.
- Open an image you’d like to enhance.
- Choose Filter > Skylum Software > Luminar Neo … (a dialog box will appear to indicate that Luminar is running).
- Luminar Neo should automatically open the image you were editing. If needed, click the Luminar Neo icon in your Dock or Taskbar to switch to it.
- Make any edits or adjustments in Luminar Neo
- When done, click the Apply button to send the adjusted image back to Photoshop.
Tip: Luminar Neo can operate as a Smart Filter in Photoshop. If you designate a Photoshop layer as a Smart Object, you can then launch the Luminar Neo plugin as normal to make edits. When you return to Photoshop, you can always double-click on the layer and return to Luminar Neo with all edits intact.
CropAI Missing?
Due to a Photoshop limitation, the CropAI tool is hidden when Luminar Neo is run as a Photoshop plugin. Photoshop requires that any image sent to a plugin returns with the same shape and pixel count. You can, however, crop and straighten your photo in Photoshop before or after invoking the plugin.
