Luminar Neo for Infrared Photography

2024-August-18

Using Luminar Neo for Infrared Photography, setting a white balance, and various methods for swapping colors, including using LUTs.

Update 2024-09-21 - I’ve received multiple reports indicating that while Luminar Neo supports their camera model, the program does not recognize raw files shot in IR. I had a similar problem when making a video on Luminar 4 a few years ago. At the time, it was unclear if this was an issue where the camera raw files from my Fujifilm X-T20 were not supported or were specific to IR. It appeared resolved in later versions since those files from the Fujifilm X-T20 are now recognized as raw. However, multiple people are now having the same issue with cameras that are listed as supported.

Be sure to test the trial version of Luminar with your raw files before purchasing. When editing your raw file, look for the blue “Raw” tag next to the Develop module name. If you don’t see it, your camera model is unsupported or Luminar cannot recognize IR images shot in raw.

Here is a list of Luminar-supported cameras.