Note: These are Luminar Neo presets only – they will not work in Luminar AI or any other Skylum software.
If you are looking for free presets for Luminar Neo, then you are in the right spot!
This post contains some of my favorite Luminar Neo presets, which are available for immediate, free download.
You can see before and afters of the presets in action below, and also read how to install the presets in Luminar Neo.
If you need photos to test these presets on, then you can download free RAW photos in the linked article. I also have a collection of free Capture One Styles and free Lightroom presets which I would recommend checking out.
There are also ten free sky overlays available for download. These are sky photos from my library and are available for you to use for non-commerical use only.
Luminar Neo Presets
These free Luminar Neo presets can be downloaded below. They are each designed for specific types of images, as indicated by the names, but will likely work on a wide variety of images.
One of the advantages of using user presets in Luminar Neo is that after applying the preset, all of the editing steps used to create them are then shown on the Edit tab.
1. Arches Sunset
2. Starry Night
3. Petra
4. Taj Mahal Sunrise
5. Santorini Blue Hour
6. Budapest Morning
7. Hong Kong Night
8. Taj Mahal Overcast
9. Bagan Balloons
10. Maldives Beach
See installation instructions further down this page.
Luminar Neo Sky Overlays
You can use these skies from my library for any non-commerical or hobby uses. Add these skies to Luminar Neo following the instructions below, then you can use them to replace skies in your photos using the Sky AI feature.
Each of these skies is titled with the focal length used to take it, so you can more easily match up the replacement sky with an image of your own, as the most effective sky replacements use the same focal length as the original image.
So that you can see what each sky looks like, they are all applied to the same image below, taken at 24mm, with no further modifications.
1. 24mm
2. 24mm
3. 24mm
4. 32mm
5. 45mm
6. 45mm
7. 65mm
8. 80mm
9. 105mm
10. 105mm
See installation instructions further down this page.
How to Install Luminar Neo Presets
After downloading the ZIP file containing the presets above, first unpack the ZIP file, then move the folders within to your ‘Users’ directory, which should be at:
C:\Users\[your PC username]\AppData\Roaming\Luminar Neo\Data\Presets\Users
Once you have copied the folder across, the presets will be available in the ‘My Presets’ section of the ‘Presets’ tab, which can be accessed from the menu bar, or by pressing ‘T’.
How to Install Luminar Sky Overlays
To have these sky overlays always available, the simplest installation method is to:
- First, unpack the ZIP file
- Open Luminar Neo
- Go to the Edit tab
- Open Sky AI
- Choose the ‘Show Custom Skies’ at the bottom of the Sky Selection dropdown
- Copy the downloaded skies into the folder that opens
The downloaded skies should now be available under the ‘Custom’ menu in the Sky Selection dropdown. You may have to restart Luminar in order to see them.
Read More:
Luminar Neo vs AI: Pros and Cons
2 Responses
Richard Bance
Free Luminar Neo Presets
Re the above, I have downloaded the presets and unzipped but i have a Mac and can’t find
C:\Users\richardbance\AppData\Roaming\Luminar Neo\Data\Presets\Users
and when I try to Add Presets within Neo the the files are n to highlighted and so will not
add.
Please can you point me in the right direction for a Mac.
Kind Regards
Tim Daniels
Have you tried opening Neo, then going to the File -> Add Luminar Neo Preset Collection and adding them that way, or is this what you are saying doesn’t work?
It should also be possible to copy them into the folder “/Users/[user name]/Library/Application Support/Luminar Neo/Data/Presets/Users” (I think that is the correct file path). If you can’t see the library folder, then you can follow this guide.