Lumina 3 (Page 2): Definitely you should try a free trial before buying to be sure it runs. I have had good results with it, but I'm using it only as a plugin to LR or PS, not as...

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

cwhi1444 wrote:

I watched Phil Steele's video earlier and that is what got me interested but when I looked it up on Amazon I read the reviews and it is almost 50/50 from the best to locks up, won't open photos, slow, on and on against. I went to Skylum site and saw something not upfront on any review and that is required OS is I5 or above. My laptop is only I3, maybe pass on this. I did see that they just came out with an upgrade to 3.1.1. No info on that yet.

Definitely you should try a free trial before buying to be sure it runs. I have had good results with it, but I'm using it only as a plugin to LR or PS, not as freestanding application. Its results can get pretty extreme so it requires a light touch. But it's a pretty thorough program for the price.

When you are referring to your OS, are you meaning the OS or the processor? (confused about the I's in your description, which I think usually pertain to processor rather than OS). My OS is 10.13.6 and it runs well on that, with an i7 processor.

Doc Barry Loc: Huntsville, Alabama USA

cwhi1444 wrote:

I watched Phil Steele's video earlier and that is what got me interested but when I looked it up on Amazon I read the reviews and it is almost 50/50 from the best to locks up, won't open photos, slow, on and on against. I went to Skylum site and saw something not upfront on any review and that is required OS is I5 or above. My laptop is only I3, maybe pass on this. I did see that they just came out with an upgrade to 3.1.1. No info on that yet.

What a great opportunity for you to justify getting a new computer!

I use Luminar 3.1.1 on Win 10 PRO on my desktop and laptop. Works just fine. Both have i7 processors.

Enjoy,
Doc Barry

leftj Loc: Texas

cwhi1444 wrote:

Does anyone use Lumina 3? I saw a video on it and it looks good for a stand alone program but some of the reviews are not the best. Didn't know if some people are not fully up on using it or is there a problem with it? Thank you.

Watch the video again. It's Luminar 3. Add me to the chorus of voices that use and like Luminar 3.

Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara

On old iMac running high sierra. I've been using their software since the old Macphun plugin days. They used to be just a fun way to overcook images but with Luminar 3 they are a serious product. It's never crashed in my usage. I just shot a couple of thousand images on a road trip thru National Parks in Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. My normal go-to pp software is On1 but I decided to try both Apple photos with the plugin and luminar as a standalone. For a majority of my shots, especially those taken in raw with my iPhone Xr, Luminar was the fastest to get quick well processed images using both the image and sky A I filters judicially . I could get similar results using On1 or LightRoom but with a lot more effort .

RanCapp Loc: S.F. Bay Area

cwhi1444 wrote:

Does anyone use Lumina 3? I saw a video on it and it looks good for a stand alone program but some of the reviews are not the best. Didn't know if some people are not fully up on using it or is there a problem with it? Thank you.

Yes, I purchased "Luminar3" about 3 months ago. I really like it. It has the capability, (features), to do a quick and simple edit or you can get down and do a real in depth edit, changing every aspect of your image, and either way, you come out with a beautifully edited image. In my humble opinion.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

cwhi1444 wrote:

Does anyone use Lumina 3? I saw a video on it and it looks good for a stand alone program but some of the reviews are not the best. Didn't know if some people are not fully up on using it or is there a problem with it? Thank you.

I use Luminar 3 which I believe you are referring to. I like it for its speed, accuracy, ease of use, cost and it is simply fun to use. It is the speed & fun factor that won me over. Give it a free try-out and see if it works for you...

Cheers!

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

philo wrote:

Don't except any support or customer service from them I had questions after questions and their reply was always the same..........send me a screen shot.
I really hate it when you need service that you can't talk to a person.

Interestingly enough, I have enjoyed excellent and speedy assistance from Skylum. Hmmm.

Cheers!

SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL

I started out with Luminar 2018 and was very satisfied with it. When they offered a free upgrade to Luminar 3, I jumped at it. On first start, it did create the catalog, and It found lots of images that were in sub-folders that I hadn't seen for years. The first copy was buggy, but after 3 or 4 updates, it seems much more stable. I now have Version 3.1.1.3300 Now I use it a lot. Sometimes as a stand-alone and sometimes as a plugin.

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

cwhi1444 wrote:

Does anyone use Lumina 3? I saw a video on it and it looks good for a stand alone program but some of the reviews are not the best. Didn't know if some people are not fully up on using it or is there a problem with it? Thank you.

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I have and use Luminar 3.1 and I like it. I don't have any real issues with it except that it is a bit slow. I expected it to be slow since I am using it on a 2013 computer running Windows 8.1 and I only have 6 gig of Ram. I also have and regularly use ON1 Photo RAW 2019.5 and Affinity Photo 1.7. Both of these run fine for me too. Probably the bigest problem I have seen in Luminar 3 is the Library module. If you have a let of pictures in it the program can take quite a while starting up. I don't use the Library function so I don't have to worry about it.

sabfish

When you refer to I3 and I5, I assume you are referring to the Intel processor and not the "OS." Am i correct or are you referring to some Mac OS with which I am not familiar?

tropics68 Loc: Georgia

jeep_daddy wrote:

I tried it and my friend Bob tried it. Neither of us could get the program to run on our Windows 10 machines.

I too had no luck and when I could get to work the results were not as advertised. Sent it back.

Bike guy Loc: Atlanta

I have given up on it. Won't run on my PC

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

I found that Luminar was a good program, and its successor Luminar 2018 to be even better.

However the current iteration, Luminar 3 (currently version 3.1.1) runs slowly especially at start up (I think because of the added image catalog function "Image Gallery"), has been a bit buggy, and crashes intermittently. Luminar 3 is therefore not my image editor of choice. If I do want to try one or more of Luminar's unique features on an image, for example the Accent AI Filter, I will use Luminar 2018 rather than Luminar 3.

PaulBrit Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon

I have just been back into my copy of Luminar 3 and while it's counter-intuitive in lots of ways (well it is to me!) I find it quite powerful. I shall stick with it. (Apple iMAC Mojave V 10.14.5)

PaulBrit Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon

Also I have started to use Aurora HDR 2019 that appears pretty good. I'll try and post a photograph that I have finished editing.