I think this will be a fun extension. Thanks for the tutorial Jim!

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching Frank!

Nice one Jim. Ordered the extension with your code... Looking forward to having a play.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the support Shafiq, I appreciate that!

I am so busy in the holidays and haven't downloaded the beta yet, looks very cool. Great job!

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thank you Paul!

Thanks for peeking around this magic it remembers me of those filters used in the 80s prismas !

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks much for watching!

An interesting and useful tool to apply to images containing light sorces Jim. At least it's good that there is so much control in its use so the effect is not over the top. Thanks for the preview video.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks much Ken for watching and yes I do think there is a good amount of control with this tool, which is essential to make it look just right in a scene

Very cool, be awesome of they had temp control and a color panel, thanks Jim

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

I agree, it is cool and for sure additional features would be nice, which I would think could happen next year with it as it continues to evolve. Thanks.

This is definitely an extension that I'll use! I love adding the subtle starburst effect. It's definitely invaluable for indoor or low light scenes, where trying for a "real" starburst effect will require you to bump up your ISO significantly so that you can use a small aperture.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching Carl and for sure it will be super useful for stuff like that, plus it's a good bit of fun! 😀

Nice video Jim! I can't help but remember Topaz plug in for star bursts. Required quite a bit of fooling around to get it right. People can easily go overboard with these effects like the original "sunray" effect that Luminar introduced a few years ago. It is fun to play around but more fun to get it in the camera with right settings. JMO.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks much Pappu and yes it's best to get things right in the field but this sure helps when you don't, or can't for some reason - I appreciate it!

Like any editing tool it can be overused. But I think used with restraint it will be very fun and I am glad it is part of what Luminar is offering. Thanks for the peek, Jim.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching and I think it is fun as well

Just in time for Christmas!!!

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

haha something tells me they planned it that way 🤣

Looks like an interesting extension. I use Boris FX Optics for lighting effects but you need to add them one by one. I like that this does most of the lights in one shebang. Will be interesting to see what they come up next.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven. Boris is great and I love it but to your point it is manual - super flexible and customizable of course - but manual so it can take a bit longer. Thanks.

Lots of use cases for this for me, pre-ordered yesterday

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching and yep I have quite a few pics I could use this on as well!

super ! nice examples. in the past i used topaz star effects to do that. How do you see switching street lights on ? Currently, in LRC, i am adding two concentric radial filter on the light (ie: expo +3 and some warmth with temp slider). should we "merge layers" (stamped layer) with radial filters before applying magic light ? Of course adding dots inside magic light panel would be welcome.

This is the extension for me 🙂

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Have fun with it Chris!

Hi Jim. I'd like to say thanks for the great video, I don't know if I've missed this on one of your videos but my question is can you put Lightroom presets into Luminar neo. That you for your time.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin and no a LR preset will not work in Neo. I *think* you can take a LR preset and make it into a LUT (worth Googling that), and then you could use the LUT in Neo. So maybe there is a way to sort of hack it, but they do not directly work in Neo. Thanks.

It seems like another great extension pack for Neo, and just in time for all my shots featuring Holiday Lights. Great video Jim, thanks for sharing.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks much Ron and I do think it will be fun to have this at our fingertips!

I noticed that it don't work on White LEd lights, I think the algorithm only works with whites with some yellow outline but in doing so don't pick up on whites with blue tint ( I guess to avoided grabbing sky). This extension is my least favorite but will be great with color adjustment and a brush to add light sources to places it didn't up pick up.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi there and I have not had enough time to try it on a wide variety of shots but it will certainly come in handy in some situations for me. Not sure how the algorithm works though.

G'day Jim This tool I would only us VERY occasionally, with the masking features and multiple strengths. I have to see how well it works with other tools. BUT if you use the KISS method (keep it simple stupid), it might have it's use. Havagooday mate Greg

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks so much Greg and yes I agree, you need to be gentle with the application of this one so you don't overdo it, but it can add a nice accent to an otherwise less interesting image - thanks for watching!

Hi Jim , can you do video on luminar neo how to edit multiple shots at the same time or is this not possible thankyou Stuart Gregory. Ps keep up the great work

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi Stuart and you can't really do batch processing. You can edit a photo and then copy those edits across to multiple photos. Is that what you are interested in doing? Thanks.

When I went to checkout with your code, the price went up! Thought you’d want to know.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hey Michael, thanks for the heads up and that is weird. I will check on it.

@adrianrobinson7683

Жыл бұрын

@@JimNix I had the same experience - Went up to £78 from £74 for two extensions.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianrobinson7683 oh gosh ok thanks for letting me know

Is there a way to stack the effect, as in the last photo, the middle lights have less effect than the bigger light on the left?

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Good question and you could export the photo, add it back, and try the tool again. But other than that there is not a way to force more magic lights into the image. thanks

Cool extension, and it’ll be neat to use in Christmas lights photos, like you said. I’m curious to know how this idea came to fruition? Will you be suggesting a “Clown Vomit” extension anytime soon? 😂😂😂😂

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think this will be fun for sure. I doubt they will make a Clown Vomit extension though - I can do that without any help! 🤣

Hi, very nice video. Can we edit jpeg file or does luminar neo only adjusts raw photos? Thank you

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thank you and yes you can edit multiple file types: raw, jpg, tiff etc

Would this be a great software package for drone photography compared to the other heavy hitters?

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

For sure, I have edited drone shots in Luminar with great results. Thanks.

Got it today but quite disappointed in that the extension only identifies pinpoints of white light. Pinpoints of bright only red or green light were not "captured"

This is going to be a game changer. While it is possible to erase the effect from a particular pin point, is it possible to force the effect on a point source of light that for some reason the extension did not catch. For example, in the third photo, the effect did not happen on the right rear light of the second rickshaw before you erased the lot. So, is it possible to force the effect on a point source of light that the extension missed?

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi Behram and thanks, I agree this is quite a nice feature to have. You cannot force it to add a sparkle in a spot that it missed, but you could export the photo and bring it back in, and try again. That may pick up some additional spots. Thanks.

@richardhaas1989

Жыл бұрын

Behram, My guess is if one lightens a tiny spot to 255, pure white with a zoomed in dodge tool, it should pick that up.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

@@richardhaas1989 yeah maybe that works

my magic light just shows preordered so I have no way to install, the install box is not there , only preordered is there

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi James and hopefully you have gotten this sorted out but if not please contact Skylum support for assistance.

Hey Jim , I bought the extension and used your code JIMNIX10 thanks for the discount. I already had HDR merge and the other extensions are a bit superfluous for me because I also work with Topaz software. Thanks again.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks so much Joeri, I appreciate the support and hope you have a lot of fun with it - and yes there is overlap with Topaz, and On1, etc but hopefully you can get something out of them

If you like this, you might rather buy Boris Optics. There, magic light is called S_Glint or S_Glint Rainbow, which are merely two of hundreds of effects and both filters have more controls than the Luminar extension. Skylum is charging a fortune for pretty simple effects.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

I do agree that Boris is great, and I have done a couple of videos on it. It's very powerful in that regard, and their Particle Illusion stuff is super cool. Mind-blowing, in fact. I love the app. But it is a very different editor/product than Luminar Neo is, and for a different audience I think. The "magic light" type stuff there is powerful but Boris does not have all the same AI-based editing capabilities as Luminar. You would have to add this stuff sorta manually and individually in Boris (it's not hard, but it requires a little work to get it right) whereas it is automatic in Neo. Great product like I said, but not really comparing apples to apples IMHO. My two cents. I actually think having the two of them is a super powerful combo.

@uhligsu

Жыл бұрын

@@JimNix Thanks for your long reply. I guess that my point was that Magic light should have been a filter not an extension.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

@@uhligsu LOL, sorry that was a long reply. I get your point though, and thanks for sharing.

i just downloaded mine, its not working? does it have to be a specific subject in the photo, with sparkly lights only?

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sophie and it works by detecting those little points of light, so I guess it depends on the photo. City streetlights etc should work just fine. If it's not detecting any please contact Skylum support for assistance.

@SophiePirard-lc4zq

Жыл бұрын

@@JimNix My bad! I didn't realize it only works with photos that have twinkles LOL. My beach landscape just couldn't cut it (oops) Thanks for the response, appreciate it!

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

@@SophiePirard-lc4zq haha no worries and yes it isn't really for landscapes since they would be missing any artificial points of light

Good evening, please tell me why when I activate the Magic Light extension, the program closes. Thanks Jim!

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi there and I have no idea why that would happen. Please contact Skylum support for assistance. thanks

@costelschipor9603

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, how I downloaded it at that moment when I put a photo and when I wanted to edit it, it closed and I tried several times and it's still the same and I still have an extension that doesn't work Upscale doesn't enlarge my photos!

@costelschipor9603

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

@@costelschipor9603 yes that all sounds really odd, please contact their support team and I am sure they can help.

@costelschipor9603

Жыл бұрын

@@JimNix I contacted and I hope it will help me, thank you very much!

At first i thought neo will replace photoshop but Neo is nowhere close, bought Neo for a long time but haven't really use it, still use Luminar AI, one program that useless to me is Neo

Thank you Jim, I had been waiting for one of my programs to come out with this, but Luminar Neo has outpriced them self's. Seems like they are becoming money hungry, Will not be getting any extensions. Thanks again Jim.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim and thanks for watching, and for the feedback. Sorry to hear you are not planning to get any but I understand if you feel it's not something you want to spend money on. Thanks.

👍🙏

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks Lykz!

I'm not excited by this one. Their other extensions seem much more practical, but this one ain't doing it for me. Thanks for the demo!

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi there and no worries if you aren't interested in this, but I do appreciate you watching!

It’s such a $hame Neo isn’t including these small features into the program updates instead of charging separately for Great highlight video Jim

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Yep I totally get that, but it is nice they are now selling them individually instead of as one big pack so you only pay for what you need

@Centauri27

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but they've got to come up with some kind of income stream. They could've put these in paid updates to Neo, but then people will complain about being nickeled and dimed for all the updates. And to give them for free in the base program is financially infeasible (I work in software).

How does this compare to Topaz Star Efffects?

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

I really have no idea Chris, as I haven't had Star Effects in at least 5 years, maybe longer. And it's no longer being developed by Topaz so it's essentially dead. I remember it being pretty good though but not sure how automatic it was.

Seems a little waste of extension, a tad gimmicky to me.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

HI Dennis and no worries if it's not of interest to you. I think it will come in really handy on a lot of shots. But to each his own etc. Thanks for watching.

This guy makes really good videos but all these updates and exporting a photo still takes FOREVER. Ive used it with PC, Mac M1 and M2 chips. Unfortunately i had to switch over to Lightroom because exports are almost instant. Luminar has this annoying feature that doesnt allow you to use the program while its in the process of exporting, so then youre forced to go make a coffee and come back and hope its finalized the export.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi Gabriel and thanks for the kind words about my videos. Yes, export is slow, and I have mentioned that to them. I am hopeful it can be sped up. Actually, it seems slightly faster to me than it used to be, but still not fast enough.

Not any better than Topaz Star Effects which I purchased and used once or twice. Let's face it, it looks fake.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

I think it has to be used with some restraint, much like Sunrays and Sky Replacement when they came out, but it can certainly enhance an image.

Seems like something that will het over used and become a humid. Let’s hope this doesn’t show up everywhere

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

I suspect it will get a fair amount of use 😀 just like other innovations when they first came out

Too expensive just to add a starburst.... Sorry, No Sale!

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

No worries Rick I understand it's not something everyone would want to use or spend money for. Thanks for watching.

Its useless because it doesnt pick up even obvious lights and you cant force it to manually.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

I am hopeful that future updates will catch more light sources, or allow us to add it ourselves. We will see.

I find this extention realy cheesy. we can already do this in Neo? what!! what a waist of time....stop trying to boost Luminar for updates we don't need. instead lets go towards lightroom where they have editing updates that work... eg .. selecton tools to isolate earias of the Image like a window frame for diferent exposure..

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew and no worries if this isn't of interest. You could do this in Neo already but with the Sunrays filters, which you would have to use again and again and again to get it done in several spots. This is automatic and way easier. In 2023 there will be a lot of free updates to Neo around catalog, masking, layers etc. Thanks.

JIMNIXNEO doesn't seem to be working. JIMNIX10 did work.

@JimNix

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the heads up, I am investigating with the Skylum team