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expired Posted by Rhythmic • Dec 14, 2022

Luminar Al Photo Editing Software (PC/Mac Digital Download)

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Skylum is offering their Luminar Al Photo Editing Software (PC/Mac Digital Download) for Free when you request via the promotional link and supply your email/name and you will receive a complementary link to download/activate this product via email.

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  • This complimentary copy of the award-winning Luminar AI photo editing software. Al-powered tools of Luminar
  • Product is available for PC or Mac platform; once you've downloaded and installed Luminar Al, simply launch your new software and use the following activation key in your email to activate it
  • Offer valid while promotional offer/supplies last
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  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Skylum is offering their Luminar Al Photo Editing Software (PC/Mac Digital Download) for Free when you request via the promotional link and supply your email/name and you will receive a complementary link to download/activate this product via email.

Thanks to community member Rhythmic for finding this deal

Note, must fill out your email to receive email link for this digital offer

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • This complimentary copy of the award-winning Luminar AI photo editing software. Al-powered tools of Luminar
  • Product is available for PC or Mac platform; once you've downloaded and installed Luminar Al, simply launch your new software and use the following activation key in your email to activate it
  • Offer valid while promotional offer/supplies last
Additional Notes
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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erishun
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i just installed it... it's a glorified "filter" pack. You can adjust the intensity of the filter, etc... but there's no "AI" here. It's literally just different "Presets" like "Big City Lights" which just adds a warming hue and decreases the exposure while blasting the contrast. It's like Instagram filters, but in a program for your PC.

Useful if you don't have other photo editing software I suppose, but anyone expecting "AI" or any other kind of "magic" anything at all, this is ain't that. It's just basic color correction software with a bunch of presets.
dberthia
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FYI, this is more than a glorified filter pack. Yes, there are templates you can choose from to quickly give your photo a predefined look. It goes deeper though. There's an "edit" mode that has a limited number of AI sliders and many other non-AI sliders to make fine-tune adjustments. Just be aware that the functionality of Luminar AI has been largely replaced by the newer Luminar Neo, so don't expect many updates to the AI application. For a better idea of what Luminar AI can do, there are a lot of tutorials on YouTube. FYI, I own and have used both applications.
k4benz
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I've used both AI and luminar 4 and still have both. If you use the batch editing feature in luminar 4, you maybe disappointed with luminar AI as it does not have batch editing

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Quote from Pineconehead :
What's the catch? Why is it free?
I've noticed that they tend to give away a free version for a limited time right before they release a new version of that same software.

If this is like any of their previous free giveaways, you only have a limited time (maybe about a year?) to install the free version on your machines. They don't give you an installer file, instead they give a little executable that downloads and installs the software from their servers onto your machine; the link to the installer file disappears after about a year. I remember I got a free key to some Skylum software before, and when I went to install the software on my machine over a year later, I couldn't find the download links. When I emailed them asking where to get the installer files, they simply replied that they don't support that version anymore. Ever since then, I've always immediately installed any free Skylum software they give out whether I plan to use it or not (probably not a good idea, but hey - hmm, someone stop me before I install this one too!).
Last edited by tigerluminary December 15, 2022 at 09:59 AM.
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caotico
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Quote from Rhythmic :
I'll just say as good as this may be, it's just not as cool as the AI tech out there. You can see what I mean by checking out getimg.ai or playgroundai.com
This software is not the same thing as image generation, but you probably know that.
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When I received the email with the activation code it was missing the last four characters of the code. I needed to click on "view in browser" at the bottom of the email and then I was able to see the entire activation code and I was able to successfully register it.
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Quote from erishun :
i just installed it... it's a glorified "filter" pack. You can adjust the intensity of the filter, etc... but there's no "AI" here. It's literally just different "Presets" like "Big City Lights" which just adds a warming hue and decreases the exposure while blasting the contrast. It's like Instagram filters, but in a program for your PC.

Useful if you don't have other photo editing software I suppose, but anyone expecting "AI" or any other kind of "magic" anything at all, this is ain't that. It's just basic color correction software with a bunch of presets.
This is a complete lie. I have used this for over 2 years now and is way more than that. Maybe google it and watch a few YouTube videos before you bash a software. It might not be quite as powerful as Adobe, but for someone who just likes messing around, it is very powerful and is full of AI. They do have filters when you first open it, but maybe click the next tab over and you will see an abundance of sliders, just like in Lightroom. They don't have masks, but you can create layers with adjustments and such on those. For someone like me who does not have time to learn Adobe, this is great and even better for free. You will most likely get asked to upgrade to Neo, but just close out of that and move about your business.
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phalanxiii
Dec 15, 2022
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Quote from ESchlegel :
This is a complete lie. I have used this for over 2 years now and is way more than that. Maybe google it and watch a few YouTube videos before you bash a software. It might not be quite as powerful as Adobe, but for someone who just likes messing around, it is very powerful and is full of AI. They do have filters when you first open it, but maybe click the next tab over and you will see an abundance of sliders, just like in Lightroom. They don't have masks, but you can create layers with adjustments and such on those. For someone like me who does not have time to learn Adobe, this is great and even better for free. You will most likely get asked to upgrade to Neo, but just close out of that and move about your business.
The edit mode has masks!
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Gotchaforce
Dec 15, 2022
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35 comments in and no description of what part is actually AI

Is it AI upscaling?

Or…?

Machine learning "filters" doesn't mean anything. If you give it a training set of instagram filters then the "AI" filters will just reverse engineer instagram filters. Not amazing.
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Adb88
Dec 15, 2022
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Maybe a naive question but still asking!! Can this be used to edit and make passport photos which are accepted for Passports and Visas? That is the only use I can think of from this s/w for me so wanted to be sure before taking the hassle of downloading and trying it myself…TIA for any inputs!

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fartyfartsfart
Dec 15, 2022
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"If a product is free, you are the product."

Wow I like the first image example looks like the opposite of what I would expect. It added a hazy fog affect? 'was the weather TOO good when you took your hiking trip? Well we can change that!'

"AI" is the most overused buzzword these days. This doesn't even seem to be machine learning, it's just filters with settings. What data are they collecting off you? Probably no more than this site is scraping off my phone (hopefully ddgo browser is stopping that...)
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nice deal
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Quote from Adb88 :
Can this be used to edit and make passport photos which are accepted for Passports and Visas?
You can use Photoshop Express, free online, for that.
Easier use for your purposes than Luminar.
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Adb88
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Quote from observer1313 :
You can use Photoshop Express, free online, for that.
Easier use for your purposes than Luminar.
Thanks you! Will give that a try…
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SiennaDeer7003
Dec 15, 2022
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Quote from erishun :
i just installed it... it's a glorified "filter" pack. You can adjust the intensity of the filter, etc... but there's no "AI" here. It's literally just different "Presets" like "Big City Lights" which just adds a warming hue and decreases the exposure while blasting the contrast. It's like Instagram filters, but in a program for your PC.

Useful if you don't have other photo editing software I suppose, but anyone expecting "AI" or any other kind of "magic" anything at all, this is ain't that. It's just basic color correction software with a bunch of presets.
It is not what you said it was. I don't think you went into the editing tab of the software. If you choose a preset, then you can adjust the intensity of the preset. If you don't want presets, you go straight to the editing tab and start editing your pictures just like LightRoom. I have luminar Ai and luminar Neo.
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BobbyA
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Worth every penny.
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JonnyQuazando
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Is this the full version? I still use AI and it's really handy actually.

For instance: You can thin a persons face, make the eyes pop more, make the whites of the eyes whiter, smooth skin, remove shine, darken/redden lips, make eyebrows more defined, all in one step. You can also batch edit and run giant galleries though it as well.

You can save presets too.

The tooth whitening feature sucks though. All it does it increase exposure instead of actually removing the orange and yellow hues lol

Not sure why that one comment saying it's just filters got so many likes. The program is more than that.

They are kind of predatory in the sense that the "NEW SOFTWARE" is literally the old program with a few new features.

Just be careful if you're applying settings to many photos. Open task manager, and do not do anything until the CPU usage comes back down to idle. If you try to do too much before it stops, the program will crash.

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morph2_7
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Quote from tigerluminary :
If this is like any of their previous free giveaways, you only have a limited time (maybe about a year?) to install the free version on your machines. They don't give you an installer file, instead they give a little executable that downloads and installs the software from their servers onto your machine; the link to the installer file disappears after about a year. I remember I got a free key to some Skylum software before, and when I went to install the software on my machine over a year later, I couldn't find the download links. When I emailed them asking where to get the installer files, they simply replied that they don't support that version anymore. Ever since then, I've always immediately installed any free Skylum software they give out whether I plan to use it or not (probably not a good idea, but hey - hmm, someone stop me before I install this one too!).
This is a direct download posted 2 years ago:
https://downloads.skylum.com/lumi...elease.msi

Link is still good today. I just downloaded but have not installed it yet. Digital signature is dated July 25, 2022. I'm hoping this is the correct software version.
Last edited by morph2_7 December 15, 2022 at 02:30 PM.

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