Nando Harmsen

Aperty for portrait photography by Skylum

Thursday 11 July 2024, 17:17 by | 2,740 views | 0 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

We know Skylum from Luminar NEO. It is software aimed at quick editing and uses AI techniques. Skylum has now released a new software package called Aperty, specially designed for portrait photographers. They are offering a limited number of lifetime licences.

It is new and, according to Skylum, the fastest route to perfect photos. Portrait photos, that is. It offers automatic retouching and advanced algorithms to carry out edits very quickly, including batch editing.

Skylum Aperty


You can easily remove blemishes, perform frequency separation, adjust skin tone and add make-up. There are also features we already see in Luminar NEO, such as supercontrast, noise reduction, studiolight, portrait with bokeh, and so on.

What is particularly notable is the option to get an exclusive lifetime licence. It will no longer be available after launch. What is very noticeable, and perhaps even unfair, is that only a limited number of these licences are available. At the time of writing, there are still 115 licences left, out of the 1,000 available licences.

Skylum Aperty tools


The licence currently available in the pre-sale costs 179 euros. Strangely enough, the price of the programme after launch is not mentioned anywhere. Apart from a few examples, there are also no screenshots of the programme itself or its interface to be found yet.

It remains to be seen how much added value Aperty offers over the regular portrait edits in Luminar NEO. The price after launch is also not mentioned anywhere.

Aperty is expected to launch in the autumn, although that cannot be found anywhere on the website either. Apart from the promises, a lot remains unclear. Perhaps there will be more clarity soon. Visit the Aperty website for all the information currently available.

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Nando Harmsen

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Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.

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