When comparing MacPhun Luminar vs LightZone, the Slant community recommends LightZone for most people. In the question“What is the best photo editing software?” LightZone is ranked 21st while MacPhun Luminar is ranked 22nd. The most important reason people chose LightZone is:
Unlike most other RAW editors, LightZone supports user-created RAW profiles and allows editing existing RAW profiles.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Easy sky replacement
Pro Edits photos quickly
Pro Easy to use
Pro Allows users to create and edit RAW profiles
Unlike most other RAW editors, LightZone supports user-created RAW profiles and allows editing existing RAW profiles.
Pro Allows changing the order in which adjustments are applied
You can change in what order sharpening, saturation, tone, etc adjustments are applied simply by switching around their order in the tool stack.
Cons
Con Asset management is basic
Browser module includes a file browser, metadata viewer and a really basic metadata editor (allows editing just 6 fields), and allows you to give images a rating, but no advanced asset management is supported. There's not even a way to assign keywords to files.