Luminar Fall Update brings Scene-Aware Editing, AI Assistant and built-in printing

Skylum’s biggest Luminar update of the year upgrades Enhance and Atmosphere, renames Crop as Smart Compositions, and adds an AI Assistant and Signature Printing. The aim is to analyse a photo before changing it. By Alastair Jennings Skylum has rolled out the Luminar Fall Update, which it describes as its biggest update of the year. It’s available now across desktop, web and mobile. The theme running through the release is what Skylum calls Scene-Aware Editing. The software analyses a photo’s tones, light, depth, subject, faces and the type of scene before suggesting any edits. The idea is to amplify what the photographer intended, not to override it. That’s a direct response to Skylum’s own research. According to its recent study on AI among photographers, more than half see AI as an important part of their editing, as long as they stay in control. 73% prioritise a natural-looking image over technical...