Photos as you imagined them

Luminar Neo is a powerful, next-generation photo editing software designed to inspire creativity and deliver professional results with ease.

It features an intuitive interface and a modern toolkit powered by cutting-edge AI technologies. With a flexible, performance-focused engine at its core, Luminar Neo offers faster editing, seamless layer-based workflows, and precise control over every detail. Whether you're enhancing portraits, transforming landscapes, or exploring your artistic vision, Luminar Neo makes the editing experience both efficient and enjoyable.

You can buy Luminar Neo on this page and download your photo editor from the My Account page. This software to edit photos is available for macOS and Windows as an application and plug-in.

Perpetual Desktop License

By purchasing the perpetual desktop license, you will get a license that gives you the right to own Luminar Neo forever. With this plan, you can:

• Get access to updates, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. But big upgrades may require extra upgrade payments.
• Get access to the features released in Fall 2025 Upgrade (Restoration, AI Assistant, Light Depth) & Spring 2026 updates.
• Use all the tools, including AI photo editing tools, as well as Pro Tools.
• Use the Generative tools (GenErase, GenExpand and GenSwap) during 1 year calculated from the purchase date
• Activate Luminar Neo on 2 computers.

Perpetual Cross-Device License

Includes everything in the Perpetual Desktop License, plus:

• Perpetual access to Luminar Mobile on 3 mobile devices.
• Luminar Ecosystem with cross-device editing (mobile to desktop).
• Access to Spaces – web galleries that allow you to share your work online.

Perpetual Max License

The ultimate plan. Includes everything in Perpetual Cross-Device, plus:

• Access to the Creative Library with exclusive creative assets like presets, LUTs, overlays and video tutorials.
  *Creative Library courses are available in English only.

Yes. Cross-device editing is included in the Perpetual Cross-Device License and Perpetual Max License. You can begin on your mobile phone and pick up right where you left off on your desktop or tablet. Currently, it works one-way works one-way (mobile → desktop); the reverse flow (desktop → mobile) will be added in a future update.

You can use Luminar Neo lifetime or subscription plan on 2 devices.

Two seats allows you to install and activate Luminar Neo on two devices at once, regardless of their operating system. For example, you can use one seat to activate Luminar Neo on a Mac and the other one to activate Luminar Neo on a Windows computer, or you can use both seats for your Windows or macOS computers. Any combination works!

Moreover, you can always manage your activations in your Skylum Account. You are able to add even more seats in your Skylum Account if you have multiple computers or want to share your license with people who need access.

Are you changing computers or upgrading your device? You can reset a license from your old machine at no cost and activate that license on your new device. Just log in to your Skylum account or do it directions in app during the installation process on a new device. Learn more

Educational and military discounts are available starting from the official release date and are calculated from the regular sale price.

To secure the special price, click here. If you own a previous version of Luminar or Aurora HDR, we also provide a loyalty discount. Click here to redeem it.

A photo editor is a software responsible for enhancing and manipulating digital images to achieve a desired visual outcome. Their primary function is to improve the overall quality and appearance of photographs using image enhancement, restoration, composition, and other image manipulations.

Luminar Neo is a convenient photo editor that allows you to easily edit images. After installing it, you can import images, sort them in the Catalog, apply one-click Presets, edit your photo with tools and layers, and then save and export photos for sharing.

After purchasing Luminar Neo you will be emailed all the instructions on how to quickly install Luminar Neo and start using it.

You can check the latest version of Luminar Neo and what improvements it has here.