Time is up I am afraid to take advantage of the pre-order discount and bonuses for Luminar 2018

If you were thinking of getting the pre-order discount and bonuses that come with Luminar 2018 then I am afraid you are too late. However, it is still worth considering purchasing Luminar 2018 and when you consider some of the other options it is still good value even at £64.

In particular, if you a Windows user I would say that you should seriously take an in-depth look at what Luminar 2018 has to offer. Here is a brief rundown of what is available on the Windows version and where it differs from the Mac version.

Support of third-party Adobe plugins:

This will mean that if you have invested in third-party plugins for Photoshop you will be able to use them within Luminar. This feature for Windows will be arriving early 2018.

Adobe Photoshop Elements plugins:

You will have to wait though for 2018 to be able use any Adobe Photoshop Elements plugins to work in Luminar 2018.

Batch Processing:

Both Mac and Windows version will be getting this feature in 2018.

Clone & Stamp and Shortcuts:

Window users will have to wait until 2018 for these features to become available.

Feather & density for masking brush:

This is another feature that Windows users will have to be patient for as it will also be coming in 2018.

Blend modes for layers, Luminosity masking and Merge layers & stamped layers are also due on the Windows version in 2018.

Rotate and flip, Native format saving and Sharpening and resize on export are also due to appear on the Windows version in 2018.

Finally, Transform tool and Workspaces are due on the Windows version in 2018. 

As to why Macphun (soon to be Skylum) have not implemented them from the start I'm not sure.  I do have confidence though that they will implement the missing features as soon as possible.

So, on balance I would argue that the missing features are not a deal breaker and it's worth going ahead even if you are Windows user. If you wish to purchase or upgrade please use this link and you'd be helping me out at no cost to yourself. Thanks for reading!