![]() ![]() So I started out with a cloud image that I had processed very normally in Lightroom applying the Camera ACROS+R filter for conversion to black and white. What I was hoping to do was set up some presets that basically did the same things I was doing on an ongoing basis with Nik. I was hoping that I might be easy to flip over. And it was. I bought it because it seems like the right time to transition off of the Nik Suite and because the tie in between MacPhun and the Nik Suite before Google. ![]() If you are a KelbyOne member or a previous owner of other MacPhun software you may be able to get a discount over the current $69 (US) price. So armed with the recent KelbyOne class and a credit card I purchased Luminar Neptune 1.2.0. Luminar Neptune can also be run as a stand alone application for developing raw or jpeg images without having to go near Lightroom or Photoshop. Luminar Neptune is a single plugin that combines features of multiple plugins in previous suites. It gets really confusing when the current products all had different version numbers like Color Effects Pro 4 and Define 2 etc. I’ve always had a hard time understanding why Nik, MacPhun and ON1 all had separate plugins for different jobs. This may be because the MacPhun people were involved with developing the original Nik Collection. And if Nik were to continue to be supported (apparently it is already breaking on some hardware and software platforms) I would probably not be looking for a replacement.Īs a long time KelbyOne member I just watched a 2 hour class on a new MacPhun product called Luminar Neptune which seems to do some things like the Nik software. I’ve purchased and used both suites but have not found that there was much added value to what Nik and especially Color Effects Pro 4.0 did. On1 and MacPhun are two plugin developers that have the ability to do the same image manipulation that the Nik does with varying success. With Google abandoning it’s Nik Software Collection by Google, there are a lot of people trying to duplicate the things they did in Nik in other plugins suites. ![]()
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