Luminar Neo - Remove Dust Spots
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One of the new AI-powered tools in Luminar Neo is Remove Dust Spots, a new button in the Erase tool. And this tool is pretty darn slick. It is a one-click wonder and a real time-saver. You might also enjoy my article Luminar Neo - What’s Good What’s Not for a broader overview of Luminar Neo.
Remove Dust Spots
The Remove Dust Spots button is found inside the Erase tool in the Essentials Group. It is a one-click wonder. Click the button and Luminar Neo analyzes your image for dust and sensor spots and automatically removes. them. It is just that simple.
Before Remove Dust Spots
After Remove Dust Spots
Does Remove Dust Spots Ever Miss?
Remove Dust Spots is surprisingly good at rooting out difficult to see dust spots. I have not encountered a scenario where it doesn’t save me time. The only dust spots that have not been automatically removed are ones that overlap with a more complex element. In the photo above, a dust spot in the upper left that overlapped with a palm frond was not automatically removed. After applying Remove Dust Spots, I had to do an extra click on that spot with the Erase tool. Workflow-wise, that was fine. I was already in the Erase tool and the extra time was minimal. Far faster than removing all spots by hand.
Remove Dust Spots is also good at not being overly aggressive. For example, in a longer exposure image a bird floating on the water was a blurred splotch. Remove Dust Spots did not remove the bird from the water. I consider that good and judicious of the tool. After all, a blurry bird is not a dust spot, and I don’t want the AI removing things inappropriately. That’s what the Erase tool is for - when I need to remove a distraction or clean up something manually.
Balboa Park Lily Pond
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