Luminar Neo
Luminar Neo is a macOS photo editor for enhancing, retouching, and organizing images with AI-assisted tools and traditional editing controls.
What is Luminar Neo?
Luminar Neo is a photo editing app for macOS that helps photographers improve images with a mix of AI-assisted tools and manual controls. It is developed by Skylum and is commonly used for retouching portraits, adjusting light and color, removing distractions, and refining overall image quality. The app supports common photo workflows such as RAW editing, layers, masking, crop and resize, lens correction, and batch processing. It can run as a standalone desktop editor and is also used in some workflows as a plug-in with apps such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and Apple Photos. Luminar Neo is aimed at hobbyists and enthusiasts who want faster editing help without giving up detailed control over the final result.
Key features
- Edit RAW, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and many camera file formats
- Enhance photos with AI tools for sharpening, noise reduction, and upscaling
- Retouch portraits and adjust light, color, and detail with manual editing controls
- Use layers and masking to combine elements and make selective edits
- Crop, resize, and correct lens distortions for cleaner composition
- Apply the same adjustments to multiple images with batch processing
- Work as a standalone macOS app or in supported plug-in workflows
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Luminar Neo is legitimate photo editing software. Access to your pictures and folders is consistent with its purpose, and some features may use online services or account-based licensing. If you use AI or cloud-connected features, review the app's privacy choices and sign-in status before uploading sensitive images.
Recommendation: Keep Luminar Neo if you use it for photo editing or plug-in workflows. Remove it if you no longer need the app, but expect related catalogs, presets, and support files to lose their function unless you remove those separately.
Common paths
/Applications/Luminar Neo.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.skylum.luminarneo
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Luminar Neo
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.skylum.luminarneo.plist
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