Lightroom vs Luminar Neo, ON1, PhotoLab 9 and Radiant Photo

Anthony Morganti edits the same Sony A7R IV landscape RAW file in five photo editors. The image was shot at ISO 100, and he sees no need for noise reduction, cropping or white balance changes. His walkthrough concentrates on tone and selective adjustments rather than a controlled performance benchmark.

In Lightroom Classic, he sets white and black points, then creates separate landscape masks for water, vegetation, architecture and sky. Luminar Neo gets a similar treatment with AI masks and object selection. He explains that Develop RAW has profiles and Kelvin white balance controls but does not support masking; he copies a mask into Develop to brighten the building.

ON1 Photo RAW 2026 adds a midtone slider and lets him apply effects to detected regions. He demonstrates Dynamic Contrast on the sky and architecture, then adjusts water with Tone Enhancer. In DxO PhotoLab 9, he explores Smart Lighting and local adjustments, but struggles with the sky mask around boat masts. He explicitly says PhotoLab is the application he knows least well, so the edit should not serve as a definitive quality ranking.

Radiant Photo 2 detects the landscape and applies an automatic workflow before manual refinement. Morganti describes it as a session editor without a library module for culling, ratings or collections. He recommends testing these apps on the intended computer before buying.