# Luminar Neo with Adobe Photoshop

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Luminar Neo is a powerful addition to **Adobe Photoshop**. To apply Luminar Neo 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 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.
5. Make any edits or adjustments in Luminar Neo
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.&#x20;

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**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.
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**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.
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***GenErase, GenExpand and GenSwap are not available in the Photoshop***
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