I personally still only use Luminar as a adobe plugin as AI still needed work on the basics and Neo is a massive step back in functionality from AI and not an application i have used since i first purchased it pre-release. Take Luminar for example, it was not really a completed product that was ready for market in my opinion until version 4 (that is v4 with later upgrade to add a catalogue). Skylum (and Macphun) seem to have a business model where they release incomplete products and expect users to pay for them. it is far less accomplished and has far less functionality than Luminar AI and is not really a viable application - it is essentially an early beta product that we pay for (they finally added some controls to the masking at least). Put the basics in place before adding the fancy stuff!!!!! You will see a countdown in your Skylum account until the moment when the software becomes available in your country.

The main release of Luminar Neo is scheduled for February 17. I would rather support a small company than big names, but it is 4 months since the promise of a clone tool which is a basic essential of any image editor. Luminar Neo is now available for Early Bird customers (the first 30,000 customers who purchased Luminar Neo before Septeminclusive). I have been a user of Macphun and skylum products (well, the versions of their software that were actually usable) since before the first Aurora was released.

When will luminar neo be available