Skylum announces the AI Sky Enhancer for Luminar 2018

[Canon Rumors Guy]

AI Sky Enhancer: More Than An Innovation, It’s a Breakthrough
Skylum releases the free update to Luminar and brings the AI Sky Enhancer designed to add detail and drama to the sky with just one slider.
Bellevue, WA – November 1, 2018 — Skylum Software today released the new free update to its award-winning photo editor Luminar and presented the AI Sky Enhancer filter. Developed in the company’s AI Lab, the...

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[Cochese]

I've watched this video several times over and it doesn't really look like it's doing much to the sky that would require any kind of real masking. Am I missing something? Or is this just a bad example?

 

[keithcooper]

I wondered about this, since I've reviewed earlier versions of the software.

The effects are quite subtle, the main thing is that this part of the software is good at spotting where the sky is and avoiding halos more than some other tools.

I use luminar as a plugin in Photoshop so this is just another 'quick fix' filter I might use - the bit that many of the naysayers I've noted on DPReview seem to miss is that the better the sky is in your photo, the better that slight application of the filter -might- help. It won't fix a badly composed or exposed sky.

I've a few examples (enlarge to see more clearly) at http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/luminar-update-adds-ai-sky-enhancement/