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The Photos for macOS app has its own mechanism that supports editing a photo in a separate application, while keeping the result within the Photos library. Select an image and do the following:

1 1. Click the Edit button or press the Return key to enter the editing environment.

2 2. Click the More () button and choose Luminar 4 (Figure 2-11). The Luminar interface loads within Photos.

FIGURE 2-11: Use the Luminar editing extension in Photos for macOS.

1 3. Make your adjustments using Luminar’s tools. That includes working with layers, a feature Photos doesn’t offer.

2 4. Click the Save Changes button when you’re finished editing.

3 5. Photos is still in its own Edit mode, so if you have no more edits to apply, click the Done button.

Photos also includes an Edit With feature, accessible by right-clicking a photo and choosing Edit With > Luminar 4. However, do not use that approach because it hands off a copy of the image to Luminar instead of using the Luminar plug-in.

The way Photos handles third-party edits is to keep an unedited original in reserve, and to present the edited version. Unfortunately, you can’t return to the active controls from your previous foray into Luminar by choosing to edit the image again. If you want to do more work on the photo, you can make edits on top of the edited version, or return to the original.

To restore the original, click the Edit button and then click the Revert to Original button.