Luminar’s Commitment to Responsible AI in Photography

Dear photographers, There’s been a lot of conversation about AI in photography and the creative world lately, and we think it’s an important one to have. With so many questions about how AI works and what happens to creative work behind the scenes, we believe you deserve to know exactly what happens to your photographs when you edit them in Luminar, how we approach AI development, and what you can expect from us.

We’re committed to developing AI responsibly.

We’ve been listening to photographers, and one thing has become clear: many of you appreciate AI for taking repetitive work off your hands, but you also want to know that you’re still the one making the creative decisions. You want to have the final say over how your photograph looks, including the freedom to undo an AI edit if the result feels unnatural or simply isn’t what you had in mind.

We think that is a reasonable expectation and it will continue to guide how we develop Luminar. 

Our goal is to make AI genuinely useful to photographers, helping you spend less time on routine adjustments and more time experimenting, refining your ideas, and finding your own style, while keeping control over the final result.

We know that conversations about AI in photography aren’t going away. But we do believe that photographers should have a say in how these technologies evolve, and we’ll continue listening to you as we build what’s next.

Your photos are never used to train AI. 

When you edit a photograph in Luminar, neither the original image nor the edits you make are used by Skylum to train AI models. We don’t share your photographs or edits with third parties for AI training either, because we believe you should be able to enjoy the benefits of AI without worrying about how your creative work might be used behind the scenes.

These principles have been part of our Skylum Privacy Policy for some time now, but we felt they deserved to be shared with you more openly and directly.

After all, we’re making these tools for people who love photography, and we want to make sure they keep loving it. 

With respect for the craft,
The Luminar Team