Luminar Neo Plugin for PS2025

[john_9932]

Just upgraded to Photoshop 2025 on my new Macbook Pro (M2 Max running Sonoma 14.7) and can't get Luminar Neo plugin to work.   Luminar Neo works interfaces fine with Lightroom Classic and shows that the Photoshop plugin is installed, but doesn't appear on the Filter menu.

[gener7]

First check with Neo for updates.

Advice is to uninstall/reinstall through the plugins command:

In Neo, try using the File>Install Plug-ins command.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-elements-discussions/luminar-neo-as-a-plugin-for-pse-2024/t... (probably same for Photoshop)

[john_9932]

Unfortunately, I've tried that several times. Skylum help has been very good.  They've got me to remove and install Luminar Neo three times including a version specifically for the M2 Mac chip.  I've also gone round the uninstall/install loop in the Neo app(s) multiple times.

The Luminar Neo app is present within the Plugins folder for Photoshop as well.  But when I open a photo as a Smart Object in Photoshop, neither the Skylum nor Luminar Neo options appear.

[john_9932]

I've also been around the 'Permissions and Accessibility' loop to allow Photoshop 2025 full access to my computer.

[henryl39046641]

I contacted their support because I was having the same issues on my MBP M3. This was the response I got...

Luminar Neo doesn't run natively on this hardwareas a plugin.

Therefore, you can try running Photoshop via Rosetta 2 in order to keep invoking Luminar Neo as a plugin.

[gener7]

Sorry to hear that. Did it work under Ps 2024?

[GrumpyOF]

I have the same problem with the Neo plugin and PSE 2025.  The plugin shows up in the plugins list AND in the filters list, but I get a "file not found" error when I try to launch the plugin from 2025.  I also have done the Neo uninstall/cleanup loop and uninstall/reinstall from the Neo app.  Skylum did not mention incompatibility with my M2 MBP (Sequoia).

[GrumpyOF]

The response I got said nothing about hardware (M2 & perhaps later) incompatibility, but that it doesn't run as a plugin for "Elements."  They did not comment on when this incompatibility developed, it having worked fine on an Intel Mac running PSE 2022.