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The key is to develop your own looks, but use the AI filters in the recipe. Then the presets adapt quickly between different images.

PSD plugins are currently mostly broken in Affinity. The problem is mostly on the Affinity side but the teams are talking.

The plugin functionality of Luminar is going away. Flex is the plugin, Luminar is the app. Flex works just fine with Photos for Mac too.

You can use it as an external editor in Capture one by setting it un the C1 preferences. Then choose export and just export a TIFF back to the source folder. You can then synchronize the folder...

Set your preferences in Lightroom for how to send with using the external editor.

There are a ton of useful before and afters on this page. Snd editing is always subjective and personal. https://skylum.com/luminar-flex-2

Flex and Luminar are different. Flex is meant to be used as a plugin... Luminar is an app. They have the same filters, but different Looks (presets) and workspaces, as well as slightly different...

The windows version now has display color management (Mac already did). Color profiles for images are assigned on export (just like Lightroom)

Not what was said... this is first release of many. Several more updates in coming months, Rome wasn't built in a day (neither was Lightroom).

The Photos for MacOS extension works great and is a part of Luminar 3

12/18 update adds Windows Color Management

It is with custom profiles....

The update on 12/18 should address this.

I'm sorry, but I don't see issues. Try this workflow.

Photo > Edit In > Luminar

Choose TIFF and 16-bit

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With this workflow, there is not a color shift that I can see...

What don't you like about the raw converter? I get better recovery and details. Also be sure to try Accent AI instead of moving all the raw sliders.

I adjust that first and then refine with Raw...

So you like driving a manual car?
And you never shoot in AV or TV mode, preferring 100% manual all the time?

Feel free... I know how to do the manual inside and out.
But I get paid for the end...

Those are there too. and most are free to download.

https://skylum.com/luminar/marketplace/presets

Look at Looks and LUTs. I've designed many of them and several top pros have free and for sale...

You can choose ProPhoto RGB or Adobe RGB when you export your files. Its right there in the export box.

The color management is like Lightroom.
Luminar uses Melissa RGB

See this article to...

The difference here is masking. But Luminar also offers Advanced Contrast and Microstructure which you can apply to the entire photo or selectively.

Well said

This is a very detailed overview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJcwzmmVcHw&t=177s