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There are a few ways of getting photos into Luminar for editing, as I detail in Chapter 2, but my favorite is the Library for one simple reason: convenience. If Luminar is your main tool for interacting with your photos, it helps enormously to have them all in one interface.

Unlike some applications that want to consolidate all images into one central location, Luminar can peek into whichever folder you choose to store your photos and make them appear in a gallery interface that lets you quickly identify them visually (Figure 1-12).

FIGURE 1-12: Using the Library lets you browse your entire photo collection without leaving Luminar.

Select a photo and double-click it, or press the spacebar to switch to single image mode. The Library panel in the sidebar reveals source folders you’ve added, any albums you create, and shortcuts to favorites and edited images. To return to the gallery view, click the Gallery Images mode () button, or press the G key.

The Luminar Library isn’t a full DAM (digital asset manager). You can assign star ratings and color labels, flag or reject images, and sort based on those criteria, but that’s it. Support for IPTC metadata and text search are planned for the future.

Even so, I’ve wanted a library in Luminar for quite some time, and even this bare-bones version makes it easy for me to sort and cull photos in preparation for editing the ones that stand out. See Chapter 10 for more details on how to use the Library.