Anyway, mis-aligned images are a pain and slow down workflow simply because it is not on Luminar. Even if I brought it back to Luminar it is no longer a RAW file. Mis-alignments have to go back to Lightroom Photoshop combo.

I use a heavy tripod and geared head however Sony's software PlayMemories is so bad that I am forced to touch the camera between shots and that sometimes means alignment problems. All the programs listed (that have layers) have this feature except Luminar. The only feature that I really need for my workflow and should be standard for a program that has layers is auto align layers. Works just like Photoshop where On1 and Affinity it does not. In luminar you can.Īnother feature that LU got right was Darken mode. Masking, LR limits the tools you can use, no HSL masking for instance. First and foremost is layers, LU yes, LR no. Having said that Luminar has some advantages over Lightroom. Am I off the rocker here or are you not seeing the light?Īfter reading the forums I stayed with L 2018. I do not pick Open Source due to 'Free', I so far have picked it because it simply works, and they do fix the issue without promise the moon and never deliver. ĭisclaimer: I am not affiliated with the folks around the Darktable Project. However as a long time GIMP user I do sometimes think that Open Source beats profit driven products. In the meantime, there is an easier path from Lightroom to the free world, including importing Lightroom stuff that Skylum can't do, and it is called Darktable. However new sells, buggy and incomplete stuff does not!

I am not saying the Skylum business model is wrong, but I really wish that they would as a minimum fix a buggy and incomplete program before switching to something new.

I have been sitting on the sideline enjoying that I did not upgrade (for free) back in November 2018 since that ride seems to have been a real bumpy ride with the result of that Luminar 2018 became Luminar 3 and Flex, which I read between the lines are going to die in 2020 when the new Luminar 4 hits the circuit.

Rawtherapee vs darktable 2018