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  • Getting Started
    • Downloading and Installing
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  • About Luminar Neo
    • Standalone Image Editor
    • System Requirements
    • Luminar Neo with other software
      • Installing Plug-ins
      • Luminar Neo with Adobe Photoshop
      • Luminar Neo with Adobe Lightroom Classic
      • Luminar Neo as a Photos for macOS Extension
    • Supported File Types and Cameras
    • Working with an unsupported raw format
  • Manage License
    • Create Skylum account
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  • How to use Luminar Neo
    • Luminar Neo walkthrough
    • Catalog
      • Catalog Files
        • Catalog Database
        • Multiple Catalogs
        • Backing Up a Catalog
        • Backing Up Your Photo Edits
      • Editing a Single Image
      • Adding a Folder for editing
      • Importing Images from a Memory Card
      • Filmstrip
      • Smart Search
      • Syncing Adjustments
      • Histogram
      • Reconnecting Lost Edits
      • Revealing Original Images
  • Organizing Images
    • Organize Images
    • Star Ratings in Luminar Neo
    • Marking Favorite and Rejected Images
    • Find Your Photos
    • Filtering the View of Your Images
    • Sorting Images
    • Sorting Folders and Albums
    • Handling Raw + JPEG Pairs
    • Virtual Copies
    • Working with the Trash folder
  • Catalog Tools
    • Catalog tools in the Plugin mode
    • Generative tools
      • GenErase
      • GenSwap
      • GenExpand
    • HDR Merge
    • Focus Stacking
    • Panorama Stitching
    • Upscale AI
  • Presets
    • Working with Presets
    • Adding Preset Collection
    • Browsing and applying Presets
    • Customizing a Luminar Neo Preset
  • Editing Tools
    • Start editing with Edit View
    • Layers
      • Layer Properties
      • Adding and Removing a Layer
      • Merge Layers
      • Reordering Layers
      • Transforming a Layer
      • Background Removal AI
    • Crop AI Tool
    • Image Quality tools
      • Noiseless AI
      • Supersharp AI
    • Essential Tools
      • Develop RAW/Develop
      • Enhance AI
      • Erase
      • Structure AI
      • Color
      • Black & White
      • Details
      • Denoise
      • Vignette
    • Landscape Tools
      • Sky AI
      • Sunrays
      • Twilight Enhancer AI
      • Atmosphere AI
      • Landscape
      • Water Enhancer AI
    • Creative Tools
      • Relight AI
      • Color Transfer
      • Magic Light AI
      • Dramatic
      • Mood (LUT)
      • Toning
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    • Portrait Tools
      • Studio Light
      • Portrait Bokeh AI
      • Face AI
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      • Body AI
      • High Key
    • Professional Tools
      • Supercontrast
      • Color Harmony
      • Dodge & Burn
      • Clone
    • Masking Options
      • Creating a Layer Mask
      • Brush Mask
      • Linear Gradient Mask
      • Using a Radial Mask
      • Mask AI
      • Object Select AI
      • Luminosity Masking
      • Color Masking
      • Mask Actions
  • Saving & Exporting Files
    • Saving Adjustments in a Catalog
    • Export Image
    • Resizing an image
  • Something Useful
    • Keeping Luminar Neo Up To Date
    • Turn on/off Luminar Neo auto-updates for macOS
    • How to backup your photos
    • Keyboard Shortcut Keys
    • How to Access Assets from the X Membership Elite Plan
    • Luminar Neo and X Membership plans
      • How do I know if I need to upgrade my license?
      • Difference between X Membership and the Pro Subscription
  • Troubleshooting
    • Why do RAW photos look different in Luminar Neo?
  • Why do photo colors change after export in Luminar Neo?
  • How can antivirus software affect Luminar Neo?
  • How to Reinstall Luminar Neo?
  • Email field not typing or Slider adjustments not showing?
  • "OpenGL 3.3 or Later Required" Error
  • Why do my RAW photos have strange colors or artifacts?
  • Missing Fujifilm Camera Profiles
  • Why there is a vignette on the RAW files?
  • Backing Up and Restoring Your Edits
  • How to transfer the Catalog to another device?
  • Why Does the Develop RAW tool Change to Develop?
  • Why does my Catalog take so much space?
  • Thumbnails Not Generating or Showing as Black Squares
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Keyboard Shortcut Keys

While keyboard shortcuts are optional, they can be a huge timesaver. Be sure to practice these and add them to your workflow. You may find it helpful to print these out.

General

\

Activates before/after comparison. When the key is pressed, the original image will be shown. Releasing the key will reveal the enhanced image.

Space Bar

Quick switch between Single Image View/Gallery View in Catalog Mode.

Space Bar

Quick switch between Fit Image and 100% Magnification in Edit Mode.

->

Next Photo

<-

Previous Photo

Cmd + click

Select multiple discrete photos

Shift + click

Select multiple contiguous photos

Cmd + F

Search Catalog (only in Catalog view)

Cmd + M

Minimize

J

Show/hide Clipping

Cmd + Z

undo the previous action

Luminar Menu

Cmd + ,

Preferences

Cmd + H

Hide Luminar

Alt + Cmd + H

Hide Others

Cmd + Q

Quit Luminar AI

File Menu

Option + Shift + N

Add Folder with Images

Cmd + N

New Album

Cmd + O

Edit Single Image

Shift + Cmd + E

Export

Cmd + W

Close (Application)

Option + Cmd + W

Close All

Shift + Cmd + P

Page Setup

Cmd + P

Print

Edit Menu

Cmd + Z

Undo

Shift + Cmd + Z

Redo

Cmd + X

Cut

Cmd + C

Copy

Cmd + V

Paste

Cmd + A

Select All

Cmd + D

Deselect All

Space Bar + mouse/touchpad

Move around the zoomed image

Image Menu

P

Favorite

X

Rejected

U

Unmarked

Cmd + [

Rotate Left

Cmd + ]

Rotate Right

Shift + Cmd + S

Sync Adjustments

Shift + Cmd + R

Revert to Original

Cmd + Delete

Move to Luminar Trash

Cmd + R

Show in Finder

View Menu

L

Switch to the Catalog Panel

T

Switch to the Templates Panel

D

Switch to Edit Mode and Panel

E

Switch to Export Panel

Cmd + +

Zoom In

Cmd + –

Zoom Out

Cmd + 1

Zoom to 100%

Cmd + 0

Fit to Screen

;

Compare

Ctrl + Cmd + F

Enter Full Screen

F

Show Full-screen Preview of Image

Tools

C

Crop tool

Cmd + J

Clone & Stamp tool

Option

Change Chosen Part for Cloning

Cmd + E

Erase tool

X

Press the X key while in Crop mode to Rotate the Aspect Ratio. Switch crop between portrait and landscape orientation.

Adjustments

Shift + Cmd + S

Sync Adjustments

Cmd + C

Copy Adjustments

Cmd + V

Paste Adjustments

Shift + Cmd + R

Reset Adjustments

Remove Images

Cmd + Delete

Move to Trash

Delete

Remove from Album/Collection

Mask Editing

Cmd + I

Invert the layer mask

Cmd + Delete

Clear the layer mask

[

Decrease the brush radius

]

Increase the brush radius

Shift + [

Decrease the brush softness

Shift + ]

Increase the brush softness

X

Toggle Brush/Erase Modes

General

/

Activates before/after comparison. When the key is pressed, the original image will be shown. Releasing the key will reveal the enhanced image.

Space Bar

Quick switch between Single Image View/Gallery View in Catalog Mode.

Space Bar

Quick switch between Fit Image and 100% Magnification in Edit Mode.

->

Next Photo

<-

Previous Photo

Ctrl + click

Select multiple discrete photos

Shift + click

Select multiple contiguous photos

Ctrl + F

Search Catalog (only in Catalog view)

J

Show/hide Clipping

Ctrl + Z

undo the previous action

File Menu

Ctrl + Shift + N

Add Folder with Images

Ctrl + N

New Album

Ctrl + O

Edit Single Image

Ctrl + Shift + E

Export

Ctrl + P

Print

Edit Menu

Ctrl + Z

Undo

Ctrl + Y

Redo

Ctrl + X

Cut

Ctrl + C

Copy

Ctrl + V

Paste

Ctrl + A

Select All

Ctrl + D

Deselect All

Space Bar + mouse/touchpad

Move around the zoomed image

Image Menu

P

Favorite

X

Rejected

U

Unmarked

Ctrl + [

Rotate Left

Ctrl + ]

Rotate Right

Shift + Ctrl + S

Sync Adjustments

Shift + Ctrl + R

Revert to Original

Ctrl + Delete

Move to Luminar Trash

Ctrl + R

Show in Explorer

View Menu

L

Switch to the Catalog Panel

T

Switch to the Templates Panel

E

Switch to Edit Mode and Panel

I

Toggle Info Sidebar

Ctrl + +

Zoom In

Ctrl + –

Zoom Out

Ctrl + 1

Zoom to 100%

Ctrl + 0

Fit Image to Window

;

Compare

Tools

C

Crop tool

Ctrl + J

Clone & Stamp Tool

Alt

Change Chosen Part for Cloning

Ctrl + E

Erase tool

X

Press the X key while in Crop mode to Rotate the Aspect Ratio. Switch crop between portrait and landscape orientation.

Adjustments

Shift + Ctrl + S

Sync Adjustments

Ctrl + C

Copy Adjustments

Ctrl + V

Paste Adjustments

Shift + Ctrl + R

Reset Adjustments

Remove images

Ctrl + Delete

Move to Trash

Delete

Remove from Album/Collection

Mask Editing

Ctrl + I

Invert the layer mask

Ctrl + Delete

Clear layer mask

[

Decrease the brush radius

]

Increase the brush radius

Shift + [

Decrease the brush softness

Shift + ]

Increase the brush softness

X

Toggle Brush/Erase Modes

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