Luminar for Desktop with Adobe Photoshop

Luminar for Desktop is a powerful addition to Adobe Photoshop. To apply Luminar for Desktop as a filter, follow these steps:

1. Open Adobe Photoshop.

2. Open an image you’d like to enhance.

3. Choose Filter > Skylum Software > Luminar Neo (a dialog box will appear to indicate that Luminar is running).

4. Luminar for Desktop should automatically open the image you were editing. If needed, click the Luminar for Desktop icon in your Dock or Taskbar to switch to it.

5. Make any edits or adjustments in Luminar for Desktop

6. When done, click the Apply button to send the adjusted image back to Photoshop.

Please notice that we do not guarantee the performance for legacy Photoshop apps such as Photoshop CS.

Tip: Luminar for Desktop can operate as a Smart Filter in Photoshop. If you designate a Photoshop layer as a Smart Object, you can then launch the Luminar for Desktop plugin as normal to make edits. When you return to Photoshop, you can always double-click on the layer and return to Luminar for Desktop with all edits intact.

CropAI Missing?

Due to a Photoshop limitation, the CropAI tool is hidden when Luminar for Desktop 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.

Extra tools are not available in Photoshop plugin mode.