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Available on all platforms – desktop , web, tablet and mobile

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Meet your new favorite features. Just released.

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Enhance

Bring out more detail, color, and light with one slider. Enhance adapts to each photo, protecting highlights, skies, and skin for natural-looking results, even at full strength.

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Enhance

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Atmosphere

Add realistic 3D fog and clouds that follow your scene’s depth, lighting, and colors. From soft morning mist to glowing city lights, bring the atmosphere you remember into your photo.

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Atmosphere

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Smart Composition

Find a stronger frame with AI-powered crop suggestions built around your subject, faces, and the story in your photo. Explore multiple options based on classic composition rules.

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Smart Composition

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New AI Assistant

Describe the edit you want in your own words, and let Luminar handle the rest. The AI Assistant applies changes directly, recommends editing options, answers questions, and gives feedback.

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Printing

Turn your favorite photos into something you can hold, display, or give to someone special. Print directly from Luminar using your own printer or order a professional lab print.

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Export

Preview your photos in a new full-screen export mode before saving them. Add text or image watermarks, fine-tune resizing, manage your export queue, and let Luminar save your settings.

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Discover Luminar on Desktop possibilities

Level up your photography with Luminar's AI-powered photo editing tools.

Add realistic fogNEW

Enhance in secondsNEW

Fix compositionNEW

PrintingNEW

Refine every pixel

Smooth skin naturally

Revive old photos

Sharpen every detail

Denoise with precision

Remove distractions

Add dimensional lighting

Instantly replace skies

Edit across devices

Share edits in web galleries

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Luminar on desktop and mobile devices

Available on all platforms – desktop , web, tablet and mobile

24+ AI-based tools

100+ precise features

Works on desktop, mobile, now on web

Award-winning, intuitive interface

30 days money back guarantee

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5 reasons why Luminar
is the best photo editor for you

Lifetime access to the app

Lifetime access to the app

Choose the plan you want, enjoy Luminar forever. Plus, get generative features and Library of Assets for 1 year.

AI-Powered

AI-Powered

Advanced AI features automatically enhance your photos and save you time.

Easy to use

Easy to use

An intuitive interface and smart tools make editing simple for everyone.

Edit on multiple devices

Edit on multiple devices

Start editing on your phone, continue on desktop – your work stays synced. Soon available on web, too.

Use as a plugin

Use as a plugin

Integrate seamlessly with Lightroom classic and Photoshop for smooth, flexible editing.

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Discover all capabilities of Luminar on Desktop

With support for raw files, exporting in all major file formats, layers, masking, and much more, photography editing software Luminar meets all your editing needs.

AI image enhancement

Raw editing

Layers support

Non-destructive editing

Lens correction

Clone tool

Dodge & burn

Color enhancement

Crop and resize

Batch processing

The ultimate photo quality toolkit

With Pro Tools, you can sharpen, denoise, upscale, and merge exposures or panoramas to reveal every detail exactly as you imagined it.

Upscale

Enlarge your photos while preserving every detail and texture.

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Supersharp AI

Restore perfect sharpness and bring out crisp, defined edges.

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Noiseless AI

Effortlessly remove digital noise for clean, high-quality images.

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Focus Stacking

Combine multiple shots to achieve flawless focus throughout the frame.

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HDR Merge

Blend different exposures to reveal balanced light and vivid tones.

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Panorama Stitching

Seamlessly merge photos into stunning wide-angle scenes.

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Just 4 steps to spectacular results

Transform any photo from ordinary to breathtaking in just a few clicks. With intelligent AI tools guiding every step, you'll enhance, refine, and perfect your image effortlessly.

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Just 4 steps to spectacular results

Transform any photo from ordinary to breathtaking in just a few clicks. With intelligent AI tools guiding every step, you'll enhance, refine, and perfect your image effortlessly.

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  • GenErase
  • SkyAI
  • Color
  • Sunrays

Retouch portrait like a pro in four steps

Bring out the best in every face. Enhance skin, refine light, and add depth with intuitive tools that do the hard work for you.

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Retouch portrait like a pro in four steps

Bring out the best in every face. Enhance skin, refine light, and add depth with intuitive tools that do the hard work for you.

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  • SkinAI
  • FaceAI
  • Mood
  • Develop

Edit a whole photoshoot in one click

Save time with batch editing and a rich selection of presets
that keep every photo looking stunning.

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Luminar on desktop and mobile devices
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100,000+ RAW photos.
One flat annual license.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Luminar for Desktop 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 for Desktop 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 for Desktop makes the editing experience both efficient and enjoyable.

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App Requirements

macOS

Mac Model

MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro, Mac Pro, Mac mini, early 2010 or newer

Processor

CPU Intel® Core™ i5 8 Gen or better

OS version

macOS 13.0 or higher.

RAM

Memory 8 GB RAM or more (16+ GB RAM is recommended)

Disk space

Hard disk 10 GB free space; SSD for best performance

Display

1280x768 size or better

Windows

Hardware

Windows-based hardware PC with mouse or similar input device

Processor

CPU Intel® Core™ i5 8 Gen or better, AMD Ryzen™ 5 or better

OS version

10 version 1909 or higher (only 64-bit OS)

RAM

Memory 8 GB RAM or more (16+ GB RAM is recommended)

Disk space

Hard disk 10 GB free space; SSD for best performance

Display

1280x768 size or better

Graphics

Open GL 3.3 or later compatible graphics card