Luminar Neo

Al-powered image enhancement

- HOLLIN JONES

Choose to replace a sky and it will even be updated in any reflections.

One-off purchase $79, One-year subscription $59 From skylum.com

Needs Intel Core i5 or better, 8 GB RAM or more (16+ GB RAM is recommended), macOS 10.14.6 or higher

Luminar Neo is the latest and most fully featured member of Skylum's image editing family to date. Making extensive use of Al, it aims to simplify the process of removing or adding elements in an image, editing the look and feel of pictures and advanced things like relighting scenes or adding different skies. Though a lot of this is available in one-click modes, there's also a good depth of fine-tuning and manual control available as well.

It's not a photo management app in the same way as Lightroom is, but fortunately you can work with catalogs, folders, and albums. Load up an image and go into Edit mode and you can access a number of themed presets, all of which provide one-shot enhancements with an easily adjustable amount slider.