Luminar Neo 1.1.0 Update: Welcome Portrait Background Removal

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The Luminar Neo 1.1.0 Update is here, bringing you the long-anticipated Portrait Background Removal feature.

Now you can select a human in your photo and automatically remove the background behind them — no tedious editing required. Achieve precise selections, enjoy a smart refinement brush, and save the portrait as a separate PNG file to use as you please. You can find this feature within the Masking options. It’s time to spark your creativity!

Additionally, there are lots of improvements for your Layers workflow. Enjoy support for raw files. On added Layers, use Fit, Fill, and Stretch in Image mapping and retain the desired proportions. Reorder Layers as you wish. Double-click the slider button to reset the Layer opacity to the default setting. Export PNG, TIFF, and JPEG2000 files with saved transparency (only when using Luminar Neo as a standalone app).

Plus, enjoy lots of small tweaks that make the interface even more pleasant: collapsing groups in Tools, updated Crop AI tools, and small changes to the Erase button.

To top it all off, we’ve caught more than 20 bugs that could lead to unexpected results. The Skylum team is still working for you from a war zone. We hope you love this update and create fantastic images thanks to these improvements. 

 

Bug fixes:

  • Correctly display the choose subject functionality in the Vignette tool on added Layers
  • Get a notification if you have Iris XE graphics with old drivers installed
  • Launch Luminar Neo faster even if you have an inactive network drive connected
  • See the Histogram working correctly when you launch the application
  • Use the sliders in the Landscape Tool without activating the Foliage Hue slider
  • Open Luminar twice as a plugin with smart objects and see your previous Erase edits as expected
  • Use the desired brush size in Erase without the size changing when you navigate to the Edits tab and back to the Tools tab
  • Press Clear mask and the selected categories in Mask AI will be unselected
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    Graham Remington

    Luminar NEO 1.1.0 PORTRAIT BACKGROUND REMOVAL was successfully comes on then goes off . Microsoft had an up date today, but Luminar AI opens  no problem , how do i fix this ?

     

    Regards

    Graham Remington 

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    Katherine Nelson

    Hi Graham,

    Please kindly follow the steps I've posted here: https://community.skylum.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/6124093298706-Luminar-NEO-update-today- 

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    Francis Monzée
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    Hello to all,
    I saw in a tutorial of a French-speaking site that keys [Ctrl] [Z] don't not work with Neo 1.1 and that the "celestial objects" tool does not exist anymore.
    Is it true?

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    Austin Miller

    Hello Francis,

    Indeed, the Undo&Redo functionality has not been implemented into Luminar Neo yet. However, it will be added in one of the future updates.

    Would you be so kind as to specify if you are referring to the Augmented Sky as "celestial objects"?

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    Francis Monzée

    Hello Austin and thank you for your response about the undo/redo function..

    When I talk about "celestial objects", I am indeed referring to the "Augmented Sky".

    Thank you for the courage of your team who work in very difficult conditions. 

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    Anastasiia Moore
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    Hi Francis Monzée,

    Thank you for the clarification.

    Indeed, Luminar Neo does not have the Augmented Sky AI tool. Still, you can add the sky objects as a layer in the following way:

    • In Luminar Neo's top bar menu click on the Edit tab.
    • Click on the + button in the Layers menu in the left panel.
    • After clicking on the + button, you'll be able to choose either from a number of default overlays or pick your own one:
    • Click on Load Images (on macOS) or + (on Windows) and select the necessary file.
    • It will appear among "My images". Click on it to apply.
    • To adjust the added object, open the Layer Properties menu in the Tools panel, see the screenshot below.
      You can resize the object, change its opacity, and blend mode, please see the screenshot: https://prnt.sc/kkKKD8WYyGGM 

    To delete the unnecessary file from the list, right-click it in the "My Images" menu and choose "Remove": https://prnt.sc/p8iqBdrgS84V 

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    Francis Monzée

    Thank you for your quick response, Anastasiia.
    For now, I am researching before buying Neo.

    May I ask you another question?

    I suppose that if we do it the way you describe, we will have to treat the object that we place on a new layer in such a way that it appears as if it is behind an element of the initial image. Example: make a planet appear behind a building.

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    Helga Hufflepuff

    Francis Monzée,

    Please, note that in that case the object will display in front of the objects on the photo.

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    Francis Monzée

    Thanks Helga, that's what I thought.

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    Philip Mcshane

    Hi how do I use the Portrait Background Removal?

     

    I have clicked everywhere to try and find it.

     

    Thanks

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    Roy Blackwell

    Philip Mcshane - see this post:

    https://community.skylum.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/6118146398098/comments/6163637239826

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    Philip Mcshane

    Thanks, wow that was hidden well

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    Mark Hashizume

    I have people in my photo (and probably I would like other objects as well) that does not work with Portrait Background Removal. 

    How can I do this removal for anything that is non-portrait?

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    Kate Williams

    Hi Mark, 

    Portrait Background Removal AI works only with images where there are people. 

    If they aren't detected by the tool, please send the original image file to our support team at https://skylum.com/support We'll test it on our end and pass it to our tech team.

    Here's how you can send us the file:

    1. Visit https://wetransfer.com/
    2. If it's your first time visiting this website, it might ask you to purchase a subscription. Simply select to proceed with the free version.
    3. Click Add your files.
    4. Select the file(s) on your computer.
    5. After you see all the files you need to send appear in the list, click the icon to the left of the Transfer button (the icon looks like a circle with three dots in it).
    6. In Send As select Link.
    7. Click Transfer.
    8. After the files have finished uploading, click Copy Link and paste it into your support request at https://skylum.com/support

     

    As for the background removal in non-portrait shots, our upcoming universal background removal extension will be able to achieve it. You can learn more here: https://skylum.com/luminar/2022-extensions

     

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    Mark Hashizume

    Thank you Kate Williams.

    Is there a way to do background removal that do not have people in the photo?

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    Katherine Nelson

    Mark Hashizume,

    As Kate have mentioned, our upcoming universal background removal extension will be able to achieve it. You can learn more here: https://skylum.com/luminar/2022-extensions

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