Libary or Catalog ... OPTIONAL!

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Matthew Stough

• March 01, 2020 13:41

Great, we're up to Luminar 4 from MacPhun (sorry, Skylum).  The editing tools are fantastic.  The Library/Catalog is a disaster and seems to rule our use of the tool as an editor.  What I mean is even if I select Edit Single Image, once opened, the VERY FIRST thing it does is place it in a Library view, then switch to Edit.

Now I know, coming from MacPhun which made/makes excellent editors, the desire was to capture us Aperture users.  I get it.  But, your DAM solution is too aggressive and not nearly Aperture.  So, why not do the following:

Provide the user with a choice!

1. I want Luminar to be my DAM and editor, run as it is now.
2. I want Luminar to be my editor, so I select that "mode" in preferences and viola! the program is once again Luminar 1/2 with the latest and greatest AI editor routines, etc.

Straight forward...CUSTOMER SATISFACTION for ALL.

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  Kate Williams

  • March 01, 2020 15:27

  Hi Matthew ,

  Thanks for the suggestion. I'll let our tech team know that you'd like to have the option to turn off DAM completely. 

  For now, if you prefer a single image workflow, you can do the following: 

  Add the photo for a Single Image Edit > apply the necessary adjustments > export the photo (File > Export) > right-click the image and select Remove from Single image edits. 

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  Jeff Lambert

  • March 04, 2020 19:29

  If you use Luminar as a plugin in Photoshop, or an extension in Apple Photos, you won't have that problem;-)

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  Member

  • March 05, 2020 00:43

  But If you use Luminar as a plug-in, you lost the non destructive editing! ;-)

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  Jeff Lambert

  • March 05, 2020 14:34
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  You can use smart filters in PS to get re-editability. But you're right, in Photos for Mac, you lose any re-editability.

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