For a professional photographer, every press of your shutter button can be a mixed blessing. On one hand, each shot gives you the opportunity to bring your vision to life or make a sale. On the other hand, each shot increases your editing workload and takes you away from the viewfinder. Thankfully, with the advancements in artificial intelligence, there is now a solution. AI image editors like Neurapix can take on much of the digital darkroom work, allowing you to spend more time with your camera.
Neurapix is a plugin for Lightroom Classic that focuses solely on image editing, offering more comprehensive capabilities compared to other options like Aftershoot Pro. It also recently launched Neurapix Instant, which gives you the choice of locally-hosted or cloud-based editing.
Key features of Neurapix include tweaking exposure, color, and other advanced variables, bundled SmartPresets (with additional ones available for purchase), the ability to learn and mimic your editing style, and the option to work in the cloud or locally on your own machine. Neurapix functions as a plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic 9.0+ and is available for macOS or Windows.
The pricing options for Neurapix include per-image or flat-rate options. The cloud-based processing costs $0.03 per image for the first thousand images processed in a month, and subsequent images are processed at $0.02 per image. If you choose to have the plugin automatically level your images in the cloud, there is an additional cost of $0.01 per straightened image. Alternatively, you can purchase a flat-rate subscription to Neurapix Instant for unlimited editing and straightening on your own hardware.
Ready-made SmartPresets vary in price but allow unlimited usage once purchased, as long as you have a Neurapix Instant subscription or pay the per-image cloud processing fees. A free trial of Neurapix’s cloud-based processing is available for one week with up to 1000 images. You can also test ready-made presets in the SmartPresets Store with up to 20 of your own images before purchasing.
Neurapix integrates seamlessly with Lightroom Classic 9.0+ as a plugin, eliminating the need to learn and incorporate new software into your workflow. However, it’s worth noting that Neurapix requires raw files for editing, which may not be ideal for photographers who prefer a JPEG-based workflow.
Overall, Neurapix offers fast editing performance, both in the cloud and locally. The processing speed will vary depending on your internet connection and server load, but even on lower-spec machines or slower data connections, Neurapix delivers swift results.