Skylum - professional image editing for everyone

When it comes to image editing software, today's offer is really huge in terms of quantity. A large number of software manufacturers advertise that they have developed the best program, which offers the most features, allows the most detailed editing and generally provides the highest quality results. In some cases, the offerings are very similar in scope and can hardly be distinguished from each other. Of course, which program is most suitable differs from person to person and depends primarily on the individual needs that exist at the current time. However, one software developer stands out at the moment: We are talking about Skylum. Skylum is a software company based in Washington, D.C. that has made a splash with programs like Skylum Luminar 4.3, Skylum Aurora HDR 2019, Skylum Aurora HDR 2020, and Skylum Luminar AI.

Are you interested in professional image editing software that can be used by both amateurs and full professionals? If so, then you should take a closer look at Skylum's software solutions. To help you do just that, the next few paragraphs will give you a little insight into what Skylum has to offer.

What is Skylum Luminar 4.3 all about?

Skylum Luminar 4.3 is an image editing software that offers versatile functions to professionally optimize any image form. One advantage is that you will not be limited at all in the use of your device or camera, as Skylum Luminar 4.3 supports over 1000 different cameras. So no matter which device you choose, which lens you prefer, whether you prefer analog or digital photography, Skylum Luminar 4.3 gives you free choice. Furthermore, there are hardly any restrictions on the formats you can use. Besides the standard formats such as JPEG, TIFF, PNG and PDF, you are also able to use NEF, RAF, ORF, CR2 and CR3.

Skylum Luminar 4.3 - because the focus is on people

You've probably had the experience yourself of looking at a photo and not being happy with something. Maybe you don't like the way you look, your skin tone bothers you, the shadow ruins the picture or the light incidence was just not optimal this time. People are self-critical, it's not uncommon. However, Skylum Luminar 4.3 has a solution for this problem as well, which will delight you.

The solutions are called "AI Skin Enhancer" and "Portrait Enhancer" and are supposed to intervene exactly at the points that bother you. With these software solutions, you'll be able to quickly and completely correct optical errors, as well as optimize the entire image. If you are now worried that the image might look unnatural afterwards, these are completely unfounded. The so-called Human-Aware-Technology considers the depicted person as a whole and completely natural. This feature detects and corrects skin imperfections or anything else you want to optimize. The unique Human-Aware technology even maintains the naturalness of each person. While any "flaws" are corrected, the natural skin appearance is preserved in the process. So, if desired, you can retain hair, pores and the overall structure of the skin. Of course, you decide the extent of the correction yourself.

Skylum Luminar AI - a technological revolution?

In principle, Skylum Luminar AI is just as much an image editing software that is in no way inferior to its namesakes. However, there is one crucial difference: this software solution relies almost entirely on an integrated artificial intelligence that takes care of optimizing your images in an impressive way. What sounds mind-blowing at first glance may leave you in doubt, which is by no means a bad thing. You may be wondering where the advantage lies in letting artificial intelligence take care of the image processing.

Sure, this question is understandable, but think about it more carefully: imagine you have several images to edit at the same time, with each image taking several hours. In this case, you can use artificial intelligence to take care of certain aspects of one image while you are already taking care of the details of another. Furthermore, you should keep in mind that not every image is shot by a high-resolution camera and has a corresponding quality.

If you have to edit or optimize several images of low quality, if you are under time pressure or even if you work professionally in the field of image editing, artificial intelligence can and will take a lot of work off your hands and create a stable basis for you to work from, even from images of low quality. Don't worry, your creativity will not be robbed at all, because in the end, you decide to what extent you let the artificial intelligence work for you here as well.

Skylum Aurora HDR - high contrasts for high demands

Are you a friend of HDR photography? Do you love colors, contrasts and combining multiple images? If yes, then you should definitely give Skylum Aurora HDR 2019 and Skylum Aurora HDR 2020 a chance.

Maybe you know it: you're relaxing on a day of hiking or you're out and about in a completely new city. In between, you catch a subject that you really want to photograph and showcase. You shoot several photos in order to combine them afterwards into one HDR photo. An HDR photo, or High Dynamic Range image, is a high-contrast image made up of several images in different colors or contrasts.

When you arrive home and finally want to stitch the photos together, you are disappointed to find that none of the photos really turned out. The weather conditions make the ambience look rather pale, one of the images is out of focus, or other criticisms tarnish your mood. But don't worry: Skylum Aurora HDR 2020 or Skylum Aurora HDR 2019 will make sure that the pictures will nevertheless turn into the perfect HDR photo and you can marvel at the overall work of art you wanted afterwards. Skylum Aurora HDR also uses artificial intelligence, similar to Luminar AI, which analyzes the image in detail and optimizes it according to reliable algorithms.

An investment here is worthwhile for both beginners and professionals, as the user interface is kept uncomplicated, but still includes many features.