Thanks for a fantastic year, Jim! I've learned so much from you using Luminar. I really feel like I've managed to take my images to the next level with your help. 😄 For me, I always look forward to your more advanced videos, but I also rewatch basic techniques too, so that I don't forget my foundation. And yes, two videos a week is more than sufficient! Have a fantastic 2024!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching Carl, I appreciate it!

Good Evening from Scotland Jim, and another fine end to a wonderful year of tutorials on Luminar.........Iv'e been with you since day one and have enjoyed and learned so much from them and for that I thank you..........I would like to take this opportunity and wish you, and your's, all the very best for 2024. Keep up the good work Jim.....................The Jacobite.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much, I appreciate it!

Swamp one is my total favourite. I was distracted watching that video cos I was so blown away by the shot itself :)

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much, I appreciate that!

Jim: I'm here and have been here for On1 as I use it exclusively. I appreciate the quality you use in your videos. I look forward to what you bring us in 2024.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much Danny!

Thank you very much and all the best in 2024 🙂

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much!

Thanks Jim. I wish you a happy and successful year 2024 🎉

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much!

I certainly understand the need to make changes and keep it all fresh. When I first came to Luminar in 2018, your videos quickly became essential viewing, and remained so ever since. To you it may feel like the content is repetitive, but it was that continual "this is how I go from here to there" instruction that drove home how Luminar really worked, and that made it work for me too. Of course I developed my own style over time, but all my finished photos have some Jim Nix in them. Every time I look at that Enhance slider I pause and double check if it's really time for that yet LOL.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

haha thanks so much for watching and engaging, I appreciate it and glad that I have been able to help!

Lots more ON1, please. There is so much to learn with ON1 and you’re a great teacher. Thank you!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much and yes I will make more On1 vids for sure!

I really enjoyed the videos of 2023 ;-) Luminar Neo and also especially ON1 Photoraw. I take this opportunity to improve my understanding of this software but especially on how to photograph and the look at the photos that are processed in post-production... In short, thank you for everything I learned by following you ;-) Sorry for my english ... i speak French. But I'm also progressing by listening to you 😂

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much, I appreciate it!

Thank you Jim for all your great videos. I have learned so much from you about Luminar Neo. Looking forward to your videos in 2024. Happy New Year!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much!

I've learned a lot from you this past year. Thank you so much. May you and yours have a wonderful new year.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much!

Happy New Year, Jim, and a new year. I'm looking forward to what you will bring in 2024. I've appreciated all your content over the past few years I've been following your channel. You've helped me a lot. Warm wishes!!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much Andrew and glad I can help!

Thank you Jim for all your videos in 2023. I like the idea that for 2024 your tutorial videos will be more on the informative side. You've always taken time to explain things you are doing and why without your cursor zipping about the screen like some others do. Definitely more on On1 2024 Raw and LR as these are quite powerful and can be complex programs. I read somewhere on the Web that Luminar Neo is going to subscription only but not seen anything more since. So not sure if this is true. Lastly, may I wish you and your family a very Happy New Year and thank you.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Ken, I appreciate you always stopping by and commenting. Re: Neo, it is subscription or purchase, but now all extensions are included. They just simplified the offer, which is good. Thanks and Happy New Year!

Thanks, useful tips and ideas - best wishes.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you Phillip!

Happy New Year Jim! Wishing you and the family all the best for 2024!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you TC!

I'm a birder and have been using a simple Nikon P950 (knowing nothing about photography since I kept it on the Bird mode) but I have advanced to a Nikon Zf so I am now learning more about photography. I got my first birds-in-flight shots yesterday and was thrilled. I took your Master class on masking so I am editing my photographs completely different now, thanks to your excellent tutorials. And I am finding myself being drawn to landscapes, so I am going forward in 2024 with a year of learning! I appreciate you, Jim, and will continue to learn from you. Thanks for sharing your beautiful and colorful images. I wish I could travel like you do. Best of luck for a fabulous new year!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much June, I appreciate it and congrats on getting some great bird shots, that is hard to do!

Dear Jim, my most sincere thanks for your videoswhich have helped me all year long thanks to their so useful content.*

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much Phil and glad they have helped!

Jim. thanks for the videos this year. Have a great new year.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks Rene and you too!

Thank you Jim most of all. The future planned street photography edits will be very interesting indeed and looking forward to ones take on the subject. Best of luck for 2024 Kind regards, Mark

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much Mark!

I've followed you for years for the NEO tuts. Recently I just picked up ON1 Raw 2024, so thank you for including that program in your tutorials. Total beginner, and that UI is currently kicking my butt. :) Looking forward to learning more about NEO and ON1. Happy New Year, Jim.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Theo, I appreciate it and yes On1 is a bit more involved than Neo but after while you will get comfortable with it. Thanks!

@fenraven

6 ай бұрын

@@JimNix All programs have a learning curve, and this one is no exception. I'm looking forward to learning more. I LOVE to learn. It helps keep me young. Heh.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

@@fenraven ha same!

Thank you, very helpful.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much!

Hi Jim, I'm really looking forward to the year ahead, watching how you develop and what you do with the three apps (and maybe others). I find your videos really inspiring. I would like a little more information about your camera settings, not particularly f stop and time so much as Camera used and mode (Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual, Auto, Program etc.) and why you chose that mode for that shoot. I'll be watching for your next video with eager anticipation. Happy New Year and may all your aspirations reach fruition.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for following along, I appreciate that. As far as shooting modes go, I use Aperture a large majority of the time. But for long exposures (waterfalls, light trails, etc) then I use Manual. I started out using Aperture so it's my default mode (and I use it exclusively when shooting brackets for HDR), and for a lot of shots I am not too concerned about how many fractions of a second the shot is, bc it doesn't matter (except when it does). But for long exposures with silky smooth water, it's Manual all the way bc exposure time does matter for me then. Hope that helps and thanks!

Happy New Year and thanks for the content Jim. Interesting comment about LRC stepping up their game. I'd contribute that to On1 and Luminar. Competition is good and we the consumer win!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks much Jim and yes for sure Luminar and On1 have pushed Adobe, which I agree is great for us!

Thank you for all your nice videos during 2023 ..... I hope to see you again in 2024. Have a nice time with your family and relatives for the end of this year and the beginning of the next one. Best wishes from France.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much, I appreciate it!

Jim, I agree that fewer videos with a better focus is preferable. I have settled with ON1 as my primary tool, with Topaz and Luminar as supporting tools. I see that you do not have Topaz in your toolkit right now but am interested in using Luminar with ON1. In particular, when should I start with Luminar versus using it as a plugin for ON1. I do enjoy your videos and they have helped me a lot.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you and yes I do have Topaz and will likely make a few vids about it, but honestly it's sort of a one click thing so I find it hard to consistently talk about, because there isn't much to it (though it does work quite well of course) and not much creatively speaking you can do (that is, it's a utility vs a photo editor)

Keep up the good work. I appreciate your work in two of these programs because they’re relatively easy to use. Too many drop downs, tricks, shortcuts, etc in the third. You may not think your videos are instructive but they ALL are for lots of us. Thanks for your efforts. They’ve helped me immensely. Tom

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you Tom and glad I have helped!

Bedankt voor al het moois dat je met ons gedeeld hebt ik hoop je volgend jaar weer te kunnen volgen Voor jou en de jouwen een gezond en fijn 2024 gewenst van deze kant🤓🥳

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much for watching!

Thank you Jim for all your high quality video and other teaching and guidance. My preference is for more ON1 content. While there is a massive amount of ON1 videos on their website and other sources it imho is so unorganised and random as to be difficult to take a methodical approach to learning the product; albeit the manual and written sources are very good. (I have a Neo Pro subscription and Lightroom also but don't open the latter much). Your "beginner" videos are very useful for getting a foothold on future learning in ON1. I like the I'm going to do this and this is why editing videos as opposed to the I'll move this slider and I simply like the result approach on many instructional video makers.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much Jeff and good feedback!

@jeffkogler1170

6 ай бұрын

@@JimNix Actually I should have said it WAS so unorganised and random, because it has improved somewhat since v2024 was released.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

@@jeffkogler1170 that's good to hear it has improved

I've been following you all through the Luminar videos and have learned so much from you. Thanks again for all that you have done for the photo editing community. Happy New Year and looking forward to all that you have planned in 2024. Nick

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much Nick!

Happy New Year!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks and to you as well!

Thank you, Jim, for all the tutorials and for taking the time to make them. I am always learning new things from you. Happy New Year! And yes, have fun!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much Sandra!

Thank you for your channel. I have learned so much from you about Luminar Neo. Looking forward to your videos for 2024. I hope your 2024 is awesome for you and your family. Cheers.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much, I appreciate that!

Looking forward to 2024! Thanks for the quality videos and instructions this year. They really are good!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much Dave!

Thank you for all you do Jim. I have learned a lot from you and will continue to do so.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much Marc!

I rely on Luminar NEO and Topaz (Photo AI & Topaz Studio 2) as my software choices. Appreciate all you do... Have a great new year.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks Robert, I appreciate it!

Happy New Year Jim! always look forward to your videos, I have learned so much from you, I almost feel like I know what I'm doing when it comes to editing now. I really like Luminar, and use it pretty much exclusively, haven't used On1 in a while and never did like Lr, so it will be interesting to follow you this coming year. Thanks for sharing.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much Craig!

Hi, JIm - looking forward to your next batch of tutorials. You have given me a good start of migration from Adobe to ON1. May I make a comment? It is with the utmost of respect to you. Have done portraits for 37 years. Am looking at the background in your presentations. White comes forward and with the window frames cutting through your head find my eye wanders to what is outside rather than your face. Have many times found that the background in a portrait is more important than the foreground. An observation - please don't take offence.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

No offense at all and good feedback, and frankly I don't really like having the window there but it's the only sensible way I could set up this room as my office, so maybe I need to close the curtains or something - and thanks for watching my videos!

Thank you for all you do and share. I’ve purchased as well as taken your gifts and use them on Luminar. This video was terrific too. Few take the time to recap and project their channel plans. I am thoroughly confused with the changes Luminar has made to the extension plans and can’t seem to find a simple explanation on how someone who owns a Luminar license but has yet to subscribe to anything beyond that, should consider moving forward. Suggestion ? Thanks again!

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much and they are now putting everything together (base product plus extensions) into a single price. It can be purchased outright or as a subscription. If you have Luminar and want to update/change, your best bet is to contact their support team to see what sort of "deal" they may be able to offer you. Also it's worth looking in your account on their website to see what you currently own, in case you aren't sure exactly. Hope that helps!

You are talking about a pano extension for Luminar Neo at 2:30. I am very interested in this as I have been waiting for a corresponding extension in Luminar for a long time. Please let me know when something is going on.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Luminar has been able to do panos for quite a while now, via an extension.

@norbertachtelik6142

6 ай бұрын

​@@JimNix

@norbertachtelik6142

6 ай бұрын

Is there a limit to the size, as there used to be? My panoramas are really big ;-)

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

@@norbertachtelik6142 I cannot recall but you could look up their user guide in case that info is there, or ping their support team who would know for sure

Hey, happy New Year, Jim. Is it true that I can't access the Gen tools when using Neo as a Lrc plugin? Are they only available when using Neo as a stand-alone app? Thanks.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Thanks and HNY to you as well. And yes, the GenAI stuff is only in standalone right now.

Jim, PMIFJI, but I believe the first and last photos of your retrospective need a little horizon-straightening. Just my 2 cents.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Ok thanks, will take a look at them and it wouldn't surprise me as I often feel I need to see a chiropractor LOL

@billzigrang7005

6 ай бұрын

. @JimNix My scoliosis certainly does that to my shots

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

@@billzigrang7005 yeah I always seem to have to straighten my shots, even after doing it once, I honestly do think I sit a little crooked at times

Started out going to NEO from ON1 PR after dropping all things Adobe (don't like renting software). Now NEO is nickel and diming us to death by not adding to basic app but charging an arm and leg for extensions. To make matters worse tutorials for NEO do not state that you need to pay for this extension to use this tutorial. Would be great if the tutorial stated " if you bought this add on " this tutorial is for you.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

Luminar is now offering all extensions as part of the core product, either via purchase or subscription. And yes, that was getting confusing, hence their change. Good feedback about making sure it is clear about an extension being "extra" (at least, prior to the recent change). Thanks.

Happy New Year Jim. I’m really enjoying your more recent multi-app approach and am looking forward to you continuing this into 2024.

@JimNix

6 ай бұрын

thank you Bruce!