Luminar 3 works as both a standalone AND as a plugin in Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, and Photos. Rather than try to compete with Adobe’s Lightroom, they marketed Flex as a plugin that works inside of Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, and Elements, and as an extension in Photos.
And then on Apthey released Luminar Flex, calling it “Something Special for Adobe Artists”. Skylum took notice of customer complaints and started dropping the Lightroom replacement marketing it was doing for Luminar 3. Results of my Facebook poll at time of this writing. In fact, one of my most popular YouTube videos I have is a video I recorded showing how to use Luminar 3 without the catalog. Only a small percentage were happy with Luminar 3 at the time. I was not a fan, and apparently I wasn’t alone as the majority of people in my Learn Skylum’s Luminar & Aurora HDR Facebook Group who voted in a poll I conducted just last month still couldn’t use the DAM because of missing features and/or performance issues. Luminar 3 arrived back on Decemand was initially marketed by Skylum as a Lightroom replacement, even though it barely had any more organizational power than Finder on Mac or Explorer on Windows. If you just want to see what’s new with Flex, scroll down to the New Features. And bear with me for a moment as I discuss Flex, as I never posted a review of it when it first came out. I say “might be for you” because this is where things get a little confusing.
Luminar Flex v1.1 running as a plugin inside Photoshop
If you don’t want to use the “DAM” (digital asset manager) of Luminar 3 (and I can’t blame you as it has been a big disappointment from day 1) but still want to use Luminar’s filters to enhance your photos, then Flex might be for you. What is Luminar Flex? Don’t they have Luminar 3 too?įor those not familiar with Flex, think of all the great photo editing filters and tools from Luminar 3, minus the not-ready-for-primetime catalog features that Luminar 3 has. Skylum today has released a free update to Luminar Flex bringing it to version 1.1.
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