Giveaway: Win A Macpaw Gemini 2 License, Find Duplicate And Similar Photos

Macpaw Gemini 2

If you have a large photo library chances are good you have plenty of duplicate or similar files. Ever wondered how to find them? MacPaw Gemini 2 is what you need.

MacPaw Gemini 2 does exactly that: it finds duplicate and similar files on your hard disk or storage medium. And it’s very fast in doing it. Gemini 2 can not just find photos, it can scan through all sort of files, like documents, movies, and music files. Duplicate files might hide there too. Gemini 2’s interface is as easy it can get. Gemini 2 runs only on a Mac.

Gemini 2 interface – as simple as it can get

Macpaw Gemini 2 sells at $19.95 (trail version available), but we give you the opportunity to try your luck and win one out of five licenses. Use the widget below and remember: the more points you gain the more chances you have to win a license.

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I used Gemini 2 on my library of over 40,000 photos and it was surprisingly quick to go through it. Nothing to blame on the accuracy either. You can review the list of duplicate files and will see that Gemini 2 is on spot. However, if you have photos in both JPG and raw format and selected the “similar files” option in settings, then Gemini 2 will list the raw/JPG couples as similar files. If you have a lot of raw/JPG couples then you might deactivate this setting.

The video below gives a quick overview on Gemini 2, a more detailed review is here. In my opinion it’s a simple and very effective and accurate utility.

Get MacPaw Gemini 2 at $19.95.

Free Luminar 4.3 Update Released (and you can get Luminar at $57 instead of $89)

Luminar 4

Skylum released a free update to its award winning photo editing software, Luminar 4.3. Luminar 4 has become the main hub for all photos downloaded to my computer. I quit Lightroom because I couldn’t get along with the forced subscription.

You can get $10 off the price of Luminar 4 by using our code WATCH at checkout. And since there is still a promotion going on, plus our discount, Luminar 4 is yours at $57 (instead of $89) and you get a lot of bonus items too. Don’t forget to apply the code.

Skylum press release:

Luminar brings search, user experience improvements, 500px integration in the latest update

Luminar 4.3 adds a new crop interface, faster Looks experience, photo search, sharing through 500px, and performance improvements.

NEW YORK, NY -July 14, 2020—Today, Skylum released the latest update for Luminar, version 4.3, focusing on enhancing the overall experience for creatives through several refinements and performance improvements.

“With its vast AI-centric features, Luminar 4 has become a state-of-the-art program for photographers and other creatives,” said Dima Sytnik, Co-Founder and CTO of Skylum. “With Luminar 4.3, we continue to optimize the user experience and focus on performance. We know that, with this update, post-processing workflows will become faster and will help photographers be able to get started quicker and easier than ever before.”

Available as a free update for all current Luminar 4 users, the latest update adds the ability to search photos, a user experience improvement to Looks, 500px integration, a new crop interface, and several performance improvements. It also brings a new space shuttle object, along with several improvements, for the AI Augmented Sky too.

Luminar 3 users will also see the search function added in the program’s next update.

Photo search

With the new Search tool, photographers can find images in their library with ease. Search lets photographers find photos by name, folder, date, or extension, allowing for quick management of photos.

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Save On Topaz Gigapixel AI And Upscale Your Photos Up To 600%

Gigapixel Ai

Topaz’ new Gigapixel AI lets you upscale your photos, up to 600% from the original.

Gigapixel AI is discounted over the Easter Holidays and you can get an additional discount by using the code RUMOR at checkout. At the end instead of $99.99 you pay just $67.99.

The new edition of Gigapixel AI has:

  • New Face Refinement tool to enhance facial features
  • Updated user interface with batch workflow
  • A ton of general improvements in all areas

The short video below gives a quick introduction to what you can do with this software.

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Last Days: Save 81% On Franzis Photographer’s Projects Collection – $39 (reg. $276)

Photographer’s Projects

Last five days to take advantage of this offering on Franzis’ Photographer’s Projects Collection.

If you’re looking for software for your photo editing needs we might have you covered. You can save 81% on Franzis Photographer’s Projects Collection, on sale at $39 instead of $276.

The special Photographer’s Projects Collection contains the most popular products of the FRANZIS projects software series: sharpening, denoising, HDR and retouching:

  • SHARPEN projects photographer
  • DENOISE projects 2
  • HDR projects 5
  • NEAT projects

To learn more about the bundled software click here (tutorial videos also available). The promotion ends March 31, 2020.

Skylum Luminar 4.2 Released, Adds “AI Augmented Sky” Feature

Luminar 4

Skylum released Luminar 4.2, an update that brings he AI Augmented Sky feature.

The Skylum Luminar 4 update free and is installed from within the application. You can get Luminar 4 with a $10/€10 discount by using code WATCH at checkout (reg. $89).

The video below shows what you can do with the AI Augmented Sky feature.

Press release:

Luminar 4.2 opens up the doors to creativity with sky-based composite photography opportunities

With new AI Augmented Sky capabilities, photographers can create unique, one-of-a-kind digital art pieces.

NEW YORK, NY – March 19, 2020​ — Today, Skylum announced the latest update for its flagship product, ​Luminar​, version 4.2. This free update for all Luminar 4 users contains important enhancements across the application, plus a brand-new feature — AI Augmented Sky — to help photographers create incredible digital art.

While ​Luminar​ remains dedicated to being an award-winning photo editor, it also expands into being a creative powerhouse, allowing artists to express themselves through new, fun and unconventional ways of editing images.

The new AI Augmented Sky tool lets photographers transform their photographs to the new heights, by helping create unique digital art creations. The tool lets photographers place different objects directly on the sky, enabling creatives to make either a realistic landscape or transform it into something straight out of a fairy tale.

NEW AI Augmented Sky
In the Creative tab inside Luminar 4.2, there’s a new AI Augmented Sky tool present. Artists can choose objects from the Luminar database or use their own. Even with photos that have complex backgrounds like trees or buildings, there’s no need to involve masking or layers. Instead, the object seamlessly fits into the photograph, resulting in realistic self-expression.

AI Augmented Sky detects a photo’s sky automatically and adds the chosen element to the sky area. Thanks to content-aware technologies, foreground objects are taken into account automatically, making the object blend naturally with the sky. And if you want more control over the placement, you can easily drag the new element around the sky area.

“We’re really excited to see how photographers use the AI Augmented Sky to create digital works of art,” said ​Dima Sytnyk, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Skylum.​ “AI Augmented Sky can be used to make everything from subtle tweaks, like moving the moon in the sky, or to totally transform the world around us. The possibilities are endless!”

Transform the sky
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New Skylum Luminar 4 Update Adds Haze To AI Sky Replacement (and it’s free)

Skylum Luminar 4 Update Deal

Skylum has released Luminar 4 update 4.1. The Skylum Luminar 4 update is installed from within the application. Luminar 4 is currently discounted to $79 (reg. $89).

The latest update adds haze functionality to the Artificial Intelligence Sky Replacement feature, along with the usual bug fixes. From Skylum’s press release (below):

The new Atmospheric Haze slider is perfect for adjusting the light balance for the replaced sky and the image foreground. Use this new slider along with Sky Temperature and Sky Exposure for perfectly balanced images.

If you want to learn more about Luminar 4 we have a bunch of short video tutorials.

NEW Atmospheric Haze for AI Sky Replacement.

Just open the Advanced Settings for the AI Sky Replacement tool to get the most realistic sky replacement. The new Atmospheric Haze slider is perfect for adjusting the light balance for the replaced sky and the image foreground. Use this new slider along with Sky Temperature and Sky Exposure for perfectly balanced images. We recommend atmospheric haze when your sky replacement is oversaturated, or it’s brightness doesn’t match the foreground.

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