>>3787804>if I already use Paintshop and Darktable, it doesn't make sense for me to buy Luminar?From my personal viewpoint, no. But that depends on what you want to do with your photography. Arguably, if you want to make art, you do want to learn all the steps that lead to an expressive picture.
Since Luminar seems to be a program for people who have no time to edit and there are sliders for sky enhancement and face slimming, it tells you about the things this program is best for.
>I don't want automation to do all job for me, I won't learn on my own that way.This is correct, and if you keep this in mind it will save you from all the marketing gimmicks. If it comes down to it, you don't need anything but a camera with manual controls that can take jpegs.
>I would love some good noise removal or suggestions for changes.If Luminar is a viable alternative for you, there's a test version available and what it comes down to is if you can take more good photos or not. And if Luminar does the job, why not.
Luminar costs 119€ here currently. How about actually keeping the money to save up for a good lens that lets you shoot one or two steps down? Affinity photo is like 50€ right now, and it's probably better than paintshop from what I could see on Youtube, and it has a raw developer with a denoise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rGKr-R62HkThe Darktable denoise is quite good already, an additional 100€ for Luminar isn't worth the little more denoise quality you might get, I think. Picture I attached is shot with a 3MP point and shoot, especially in BnW noise doesn't matter as much, you could try that.
