Luminar AI (AI powered photo editing software) is free today until midnight

Ympker

Just saw this on MyDealz: Luminar AI Photo Editing Software (PC/Mac) is currently available for free (email is needed; newsletter box does not have to be ticked; you need to register an account with them with the same email; again newsletter does not need to be ticked).

More info: https://skylum.com/luminar-ai

Skylum (the software company behind it) usually always publishes their "old" software for free 1 year-ish after the new software gets released (so I don't recommend buying it). In the previous years I snagged Luminar 3 and Luminar 4, however, I am quite excited about getting Luminar AI for free since it requires little to no practice to get great results since it is the first version to basically be 100% AI powered (according to Skylum). You can 1-click optimize images easily (tried with a photo from holidays) and adjust things with a couple of clicks. Might be at least worth looking into (even if you prefer PS, Affinity Software; or FOSS).

Lots of AI features included:

adwsislife

Did you install it?
What's the duration of the giveaway license?
1 year or lifetime?

Ympker

@adwsislife said:
Did you install it?
What's the duration of the giveaway license?
1 year or lifetime?

This is what it shows in account when logged in on their website:

Could be limited to that version of Luminar AI, which wouldn't be a problem, given that the new Product "Luminar Neo" is already being focused and likely not too much more updates scheduled for Luminar AI.
But maybe also includes updates.

hotsnow

Once you’ve downloaded and installed Luminar AI, simply launch your new software and use the following activation key to activate it:

seems don't need to register an account with them

Ympker

@hotsnow said:

Once you’ve downloaded and installed Luminar AI, simply launch your new software and use the following activation key to activate it:

seems don't need to register an account with them

Hmm, interesting. The software prompted me to use the same email I used for the key. Well... I just noticed I already had an account for Luminar 3/4, now I have a different one for AI lol.

Jab

@hotsnow said:
seems don't need to register an account with them

You need if you want to reset the 'activation' limit - aka next time you reinstall Windows

Mumbly

I am wondering what I am doing wrong (every time I enter required mail and name)
I tryed on two different locations, browsers, email addresses - always the same error.

AlwaysSkint

I can't get the download link to work at all, either paid (I have the activation key) not the trial version. :-\

Mumbly

https://www.mydealz.de/deals/gratis-vollversion-luminar-ai-bildbearbeitung-mit-kunstlicher-intelligenz-2095631

Google translate:

Update (hints from the comments)

Thanks to Crescendo

Error: Email address is not accepted
Solution: I also got the error message at first and it was because the first letter of the email address was capitalized. All lowercase and it worked.

Thanks to eScmSP

Here is some information about the email addresses for registration:
Mail addresses from your own domains do not work, you have to go through well-known providers such as hotmail, outlook, gmail, yahoo mail etc. If you want to open a spam account there, you should use outlook.com/hot…com, you don't need to give a phone number to open the account.

Thanks to tho85 and Infasrex

Problem: Where do I enter the license key?
Solution: Install, then you have a test version, in the start banner for the test version you could either go to the "Buy" website or click on the "Activate" button, enter your code there and you're done.
When logging in for the first time after installation, a "Luminar AI is in trial mode" window appears. Here you can enter the key.

Still no luck tho, even with @outlook mail address.

Mumbly

@AlwaysSkint said: not the trial version. :-\

In case you use windows, you can install trial version directly from win app store.

https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/luminar-ai/9MWXF9HMHZRZ

(I think there's something similar with MAC)

Ympker

I used classic german @web.de freemail address. So maybe try creating a freemail account over at https://web.de

Ympker

@Mumbly said:
I am wondering what I am doing wrong (every time I enter required mail and name)
I tryed on two different locations, browsers, email addresses - always the same error.

I used German web.de freemail. Maybe try that one

@Mumbly said:

@AlwaysSkint said: not the trial version. :-\

In case you use windows, you can install trial version directly from win app store.

https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/luminar-ai/9MWXF9HMHZRZ

(I think there's something similar with MAC)

My mail included a dl button for Windows to directly download the installer. Then I could click on activate and link an acc to it

Mumbly

I tryed just for test "random" james.brown@web.... (not really my account), but still error

Ympker

@Mumbly said:
I tryed just for test "random" james.brown@web.... (not really my account), but still error

Did you try with a german ip, then? The campaign url suggests it might be from a german tech magazine (chip). You can use any free vpn)proxy to try.

MikeA

Signup form doesn't do anything for me. Sad.

Decicus

Yeah, running into issues as well. Get an error when using my catch-all domain, but it just silently fails in the background with @gmail.com. Looking at the network requests, it says: Not Found (#404): Code not found

Guess I can try with VPN to Germany to see if it helps.

EDIT: VPN to Germany didn't seem to help.

Mumbly

@Ympker said:

@Mumbly said:
I tryed just for test "random" james.brown@web.... (not really my account), but still error

Did you try with a german ip, then? The campaign url suggests it might be from a german tech magazine (chip).

Yes and no actually.
FastestVPN .de location is recognized as UK (M247 Europe SRL, City: London...) and Virmach DE vps don't have proper german IPs, so after trying both I don't know for sure if it's localization issue.
I can install VPN or socks proxy to some VPS with proper german IP (webhosting24 or something), but with more than hour of all failed attempts I lost a bit of motivation. May try it again a bit later

Ympker

@MikeA said:
Signup form doesn't do anything for me. Sad.

I had the same problem with fakemails, initially. Web.de + german/austrian ip worked for me.

Should I try entering an email address for anyone? Pm me if so @Mumbly @MikeA @Decicus

AlwaysSkint

Booting into Windoze.. Aw Shit! (as the meme says).

vyas

@AlwaysSkint said:
Booting into Windoze.. Aw Shit! (as the meme says).

I read Windows, and glazed over the rest of the posts :-)

Then I saw Mac and my eyes lit up. Then I realized I have installed MX Linux on my MBP Intel. So was disappointed.

Finally I recalled that I have developed a list of over 70 different apps and sites (free and freemium) that do the same thing as this app in some way, shape or form.

Tik.. tok.. midnight hour struck, and I closed the browser window for Luminar.

Heard good things about it, btw

Mumbly

@Ympker said:

@MikeA said:
Signup form doesn't do anything for me. Sad.

I had the same problem with fakemails, initially. Web.de + german/austrian ip worked for me.

Should I try entering an email address for anyone? Pm me if so @Mumbly @MikeA @Decicus

Thank you for your offer, someone other may need/want it more than me.
I tryed proper german IP (from Webhosting24) and random web.de address, still the same.

@vyas said: Tik.. tok.. midnight hour struck

Not in the Germany. Still a bit more than 4 hours left

Ympker

@Mumbly said:

@Ympker said:

@MikeA said:
Signup form doesn't do anything for me. Sad.

I had the same problem with fakemails, initially. Web.de + german/austrian ip worked for me.

Should I try entering an email address for anyone? Pm me if so @Mumbly @MikeA @Decicus

Thank you for your offer, someone other may need/want it more than me.
I tryed proper german IP (from Webhosting24) and random web.de address, still the same.

@vyas said: Tik.. tok.. midnight hour struck

Not in the Germany. Still a bit more than 4 hours left

I think I also had to disable adblock if anything.

AlwaysSkint

Thanks for the post @Ympker ..
That was a joyous experience, not. Took ages to install, then more time to attempt to load than Linux takes to boot up. Culminated in Windoze wanting to send a crash report! Tried a reboot, 'cos it's Windows - same end result. If I had the energy/inclination I'd give it a bash on my TV-attached Mac Mini but life's too short. Oh well, thanks anyway.
Back to the comfort of strangers Linux Mint.

Ympker

@AlwaysSkint said:
Thanks for the post @Ympker ..
That was a joyous experience, not. Took ages to install, then more time to attempt to load than Linux takes to boot up. Culminated in Windoze wanting to send a crash report! Tried a reboot, 'cos it's Windows - same end result. If I had the energy/inclination I'd give it a bash on my TV-attached Mac Mini but life's too short. Oh well, thanks anyway.
Back to the comfort of strangers Linux Mint.

Worked flawlessly for me (win10 pro).

AlwaysSkint

Was same OS - maybe cos I ONLY have 6GB RAM. Maybe wrong .net something, maybe something else..

vyas

@AlwaysSkint said:
Was same OS - maybe cos I ONLY have 6GB RAM. Maybe wrong .net something, maybe something else..

Your patscience** must have a very high threshold!

I do know folks who run windows with a Core i3 5th or 6th gen and 2 GB RAM.
Sages, those folk

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**An infamous perfume seller who used sisters as brand ambassadors used to spell in the above manner in the green forums.

saibal

I have the Mac version and I can confirm it is very sensitive to available RAM. It crashes constantly if I have a lot of other stuff running. Works flawlessly if I only have Luminar running.

Ympker

@AlwaysSkint said:
Was same OS - maybe cos I ONLY have 6GB RAM. Maybe wrong .net something, maybe something else..

Might be it. I remember ppl saying Luminar 3/4 was already hogging resources. While my PC is definitely not high-end but rather mid-range (upper low-end), I have a Ryzen 5 3600, 16GB RAM and an M2 SSD (I also play games, so..; for work something with lower specs would be sufficent).

Fwiw, according to website: https://manual.skylum.com/ai/en/topic/technical-requirements

So, no wonder it was lagging with 6GB RAM.

Affinity Designer also needs

Decicus

@Ympker said:
Should I try entering an email address for anyone? Pm me if so @Decicus

Thanks for the offer, will PM you.

@Ympker said:

I think I also had to disable adblock if anything.

Did actually try this too (well, I tried in incognito that has no extensions enabled at all).

bikegremlin

Broken - gets stuck on "please wait..." after entering my email and name.

Ympker

@bikegremlin said:
Broken - gets stuck on "please wait..." after entering my email and name.

Yup, same here now. Gf also tried to register with her web.de mail, same issue. Maybe they have blocked it now. Stuck on "please wait.."

AlwaysSkint

FFS! I thought Adobe Bloatashop was bad!

Ympker

Deal is gone from mydealz tol. Or rather keys seem to be gone.

Fritz

The deal is gone.
Ouch.

@Ympker said:
Deal is gone from mydealz tol. Or rather keys seem to be gone.

jmaxwell

got it activated successfully but still trying to understand what it can do compared to regular editing tools

Ympker

@jmaxwell said:
got it activated successfully but still trying to understand what it can do compared to regular editing tools

I really like the 1-click AI optimizations it has. Sure, regular editing tools, or e.g. Affinity Photo (which I also have) can achieve the same, but with Affinity for many of these 1-click optimizations (face, portrait, landscape, sky replace, close capture, macro..) I would have to search longer in Affinity Photos mask to accomplish the same (granted I also mostly us AD, not AP). Same goes for my parents, who also got a key: Surely, if you know what you are doing, most regular photo editing tools will allow you to achieve just the same. It's just harder to get there, sometimes. In the end, it was free. If you don't like it, that's that.

@Fritz said:
The deal is gone.
Ouch.

@Ympker said:
Deal is gone from mydealz tol. Or rather keys seem to be gone.

8000+ likes on mydealz was perhaps a bit hard on the number of keys available.

bikegremlin

@Ympker said:

@jmaxwell said:
got it activated successfully but still trying to understand what it can do compared to regular editing tools

I really like the 1-click AI optimizations it has. Sure, regular editing tools, or e.g. Affinity Photo (which I also have) can achieve the same, but with Affinity for many of these 1-click optimizations (face, portrait, landscape, sky replace, close capture, macro..) I would have to search longer in Affinity Photos mask to accomplish the same (granted I also mostly us AD, not AP). Same goes for my parents, who also got a key: Surely, if you know what you are doing, most regular photo editing tools will allow you to achieve just the same. It's just harder to get there, sometimes. In the end, it was free. If you don't like it, that's that.

@Fritz said:
The deal is gone.
Ouch.

@Ympker said:
Deal is gone from mydealz tol. Or rather keys seem to be gone.

8000+ likes on mydealz was perhaps a bit hard on the number of keys available.

How can a downloadable software "run out" of keys?
I call bullshit.

They went back on their offer (word).

Ympker

@bikegremlin said:

@Ympker said:

@jmaxwell said:
got it activated successfully but still trying to understand what it can do compared to regular editing tools

I really like the 1-click AI optimizations it has. Sure, regular editing tools, or e.g. Affinity Photo (which I also have) can achieve the same, but with Affinity for many of these 1-click optimizations (face, portrait, landscape, sky replace, close capture, macro..) I would have to search longer in Affinity Photos mask to accomplish the same (granted I also mostly us AD, not AP). Same goes for my parents, who also got a key: Surely, if you know what you are doing, most regular photo editing tools will allow you to achieve just the same. It's just harder to get there, sometimes. In the end, it was free. If you don't like it, that's that.

@Fritz said:
The deal is gone.
Ouch.

@Ympker said:
Deal is gone from mydealz tol. Or rather keys seem to be gone.

8000+ likes on mydealz was perhaps a bit hard on the number of keys available.

How can a downloadable software "run out" of keys?
I call bullshit.

They went back on their offer (word).

Nah, the keys were likely from a campaign run by a german tech magazine called "chip" (hence the url). They probably allocated a certain amount of keys for the campaign from Skylum. These keys are gone now.

Ympker

@Mumbly @Decicus @bikegremlin @MikeA offer is back! Worked just now! Someone on let wrote it's back

Also works with gmail now

Mumbly

@Ympker said:
@Mumbly @Decicus @bikegremlin @MikeA offer is back! Worked just now! Someone on let wrote it's back

Also works with gmail now

Thanks for requesting a copy of Luminar!
To get your new software, check your email inbox.

This time it worked also with my own domain mail.

Ympker

@Mumbly said:

@Ympker said:
@Mumbly @Decicus @bikegremlin @MikeA offer is back! Worked just now! Someone on let wrote it's back

Also works with gmail now

Thanks for requesting a copy of Luminar!
To get your new software, check your email inbox.

This time it worked also with my own domain mail.

Odd. Glad it worked Really enjoying the software for some quick edits/glow-ups from holiday pics

Mumbly

I just need to figure it out how to add it to my account. I registered account with the same mail as I requested code, but there's nothing. Maybe I need to activate program first? (I am at work, so I didn't do it yet)

Ympker

@Mumbly said:
I just need to figure it out how to add it to my account. I registered account with the same mail as I requested code, but there's nothing. Maybe I need to activate program first? (I am at work, so I didn't do it yet)

I don't know in which order I did things, but I definitely first downloaded the software, installed it and pressed the "activate" button iirc. Then I probably entered the key and then signed up / or there was a sign-up prompt before entering the key.

Jab

Yeah, I didn't find a place to activate cd-key online/website - had to install program :<

and it added to autorun/start, duh.

Ympker

@Jab said:
Yeah, I didn't find a place to activate cd-key online/website - had to install program :<

and it added to autorun/start, duh.

Yeah, I also activated it in the program but at some point it asked me to register an account to manage it.

The gf said, she installed the software via the link from the email. It was trial at first then she clicked to activate it entering key and registered acc. So probably somehow along these lines. I already forgot tbh. It went rly smooth for me

AlwaysSkint

((Goes to find my Photoshop Elements 2 CDROM ..))

Mumbly

@Ympker said: Skylum (the software company behind it) usually always publishes their "old" software for free 1 year-ish after the new software gets released (so I don't recommend buying it).

btw. is there date of expiration of licence for Luminar AI at all? I see only date of activation in my account.

Ympker

@Mumbly said:

@Ympker said: Skylum (the software company behind it) usually always publishes their "old" software for free 1 year-ish after the new software gets released (so I don't recommend buying it).

btw. is there date of expiration of licence for Luminar AI at all? I see only date of activation in my account.

Not that I know. I think it's more like it's gonna stop receiving updates in favour of the next-gen Skylum Software, that currently is "Luminar NEO" (they always publish a new version). Kind of how Affinity Designer v1 now will soon-ish stop to receive updates and Affinity v2 will now be getting updates and be the focus of dev.

imok

Thank you. It worked.

theloafingone

Actually looked into this software a while back. Really useful for getting things done quickly if you're crunched for time. Kind of like a phone app filter but with a lot more options. Not as powerful as the more expensive stuff, but most people don't even need more than this.

Janevski

@Mumbly said:
I am wondering what I am doing wrong (every time I enter required mail and name)
I tryed on two different locations, browsers, email addresses - always the same error.

The problem of invalid data, is that the data is not valid, thus making the data invalid and it's validity null and void.
You have to look for better and stronger data, more robust and powerflu.