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Transform Images with our
RAW Photo Editor

Enhance the quality of your images and unleash creativity through artistic expression using Luminar Neo, an AI RAW photo editor. This award-winning software lets you creatively manipulate your images and achieve great results with ease

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How to Use our RAW Photo Editor?

Luminar Neo has lots of AI-powered tools that are designed to let you achieve your editing goals faster and easier. Plus, it has an intuitive interface that caters to both beginners and professionals. Depending on your goals, you’ll find lots of features that can help you with RAW photo editing.

Key Features of the RAW Image Editor

Luminar Neo has plenty of tools you can use, but a specific one stand outs for RAW images — Develop RAW tool. It contains the most essential controls for adjusting the color and tone of an image. Adjustments made with this tool will set the stage for all further adjustments.
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Enhancing your Photos with RAW Photo Editing Software

Here are just some of the controls of Develop RAW tool of our RAW editor:

• Camera Profile.
For maximum control over your RAW files, be sure to give DNG camera profiles a try.
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• Curves.
This is one of the most powerful tools for adjusting your image’s tone. It allows you to brighten, darken, add contrast, and shift colors.

• Auto Distortion Corrections ( RAW only). Click this option to automatically correct lens distortion. This tool analyzes your image and its metadata to calculate an automatic fix. Get rid of wide-angle distortion and get truer perspective lines and more attractive portraits.

• Auto Fix Chromatic Aberrations (RAW only).
‍Chromatic aberration is a type of color fringing. It often happens with telephoto lenses and in areas of high contrast. Chromatic aberrations tend to show up as magenta or green edges around objects.

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How Can I Edit Faces with AI?

The AI algorithms in Luminar Neo analyze facial attributes, detect the facial area without the need for masking, and then let you apply various transformations to achieve desired effects. What previously took time – masking the face, is now done automatically, cutting the routine and giving you more time for creativity.

Beautify and Perfect Your Portraits

• Face Light. Adjust the lighting of a face without impacting the rest of the scene. Emulate a flash or reflector aimed at the face.
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• Slim Face. This is a valuable technology to contour and shape a face realistically. Make the face proportionally smaller and naturally slim, achieving more attractive results in your portraits. It’s also helpful to correct lens distortion on a face.
Here are some of the AI edit face features you’ll find in Luminar Neo:
• Iris. This drop-down allows you to change the color or overall look of the iris. You can choose between Blue, Brown, Green, Grey, Hazel, Honey, Mint, and exotic looks (Cat and Owl). The Original option leaves the iris color unchanged.

• Dark Circles Removal. Easily remove dark circles or shadows below the eye.

• Lips Saturation. Enhance the color of the lips.

Creative Possibilities Unleashed

After you edit your photos with the Develop RAW tool, experiment with the other features, depending on your goals and the contents of your photo. There are plenty of portrait tools, landscape tools, Presets, Layers, Generative AI tools, and so much more to explore!

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Explore Other Features

Luminar Neo has plenty of other features to help you edit faster and easier
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RAW Converter
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RAW Converter

Convert your RAW images into stunning, high-quality photographs
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Skinny Face
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Skinny Face

Discover Luminar Neo's Slim Face feature and revolutionize your photos with just a slide!
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Whiten Teeth
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Whiten Teeth

Transform your smile with Luminar Neo! Brighten your teeth and achieve a flawless, picture-perfect grin
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Body Editor
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Body Editor

Transform your body's appearance naturally with our advanced body editor. Try it now!
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Remove People From Photos

Easily remove unwanted people from your photos for a cleaner, more captivating shots
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Blend Two Images

Elevate your photography to new heights by seamlessly blending two images

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the RAW image editor?

A RAW files editor is software designed specifically to process and edit RAW files, which are uncompressed and unprocessed images directly captured by digital cameras. Unlike standard image formats like JPEG, RAW files retain more information and provide greater flexibility for photographers to adjust elements such as exposure, color balance, and sharpness during post-processing. Luminar Neo is a great RAW image editor for beginners.

How to get started with a RAW editor?

After choosing a RAW editor (we recommend Luminar Neo!), install it, import your RAW files, and start to familiarize yourself with the interface and the various tools. You can also experiment with presets. Luminar Neo’s editing is non-destructive, so you can make as many adjustments as you like without worrying about your photo. After you master the basic adjustments, you can explore all the other features. Make sure to refer to tutorials to edit faster and easier. And remember, practice makes perfect!

How does RAW editing differ from JPEG editing?

RAW editing offers greater post-processing flexibility and retains more image information, making it preferred by professional photographers and those who require extensive adjustments. JPEG editing is more straightforward, with the camera applying processing settings during image capture, making it suitable for quick sharing and situations where smaller file sizes are crucial.

What are the advanced editing features available?

Luminar Neo offers advanced technologies in easy to use tools. For example, powerful generative AI technologies can help you add any elements you like to your photos, and all you have to do is input a prompt. There are also plenty of features that provide advanced editing capabilities, giving you full control over the results!
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