bigguytf

So Luminar 4 is have some specials for Black Friday - Is the new version faster than the old one? Luminar 3 has had some problems with running out of disk space as you download files. Does that seem to have been fixed.

Like the program, just seems to be really slow to work with.

cyclespeed Loc: Calgary, Alberta Canada

Slow is relative. What other programs are you comparing?
How much RAM do you have installed?
It works faster every version i have used.

fredpnm Loc: Corrales, NM

Perhaps you should consider upgrading from your Tandy 1000. I can assure you it will not run Luminar 4 any faster than it does 3. Even better you won't need anymore 5.25 inch floppy disks.

bigguytf

I have 8 gigs of ram on a Mac Mini that is a 2017 version. I notice it seems to take a long time to have the picture come up that you want to edit.

bigguytf

This comment was uncalled for.

fredpnm Loc: Corrales, NM

Perhaps - but you don't make it easy for folks here to help with your issues if you don't provide much information on the hardware you are using.

I've used L3 for some time now and have never had an issue of running out of disk space. How large a HD are you using, how much RAM, what type computer - Win or Mac...

To make the reader assume is unfair...and you can't expect much useful help with so limited information.

...and frankly I think the comment is called for if it will help wake up readers to think about what they are asking and what kind of information might help another UHH reader to provide potential solutions.

bigguytf

No it was uncalled for. You took it from a question that maybe needed more information to a sarcastic mocking response.

First rule of every public forum site I have been on, is it you cannot say something nice, don't say anything at all. CycleSpeed pointed out in the post before that that more information was needed and I replied.

You tried to mock the question, implying the use of over 19 year old computer using 5.25 floppy dissc. That was not needed.

In reviews of the Luminar program various reviewers have noted it was sluggish. I have it on two computers and it is sluggish compared to PS Elements and LR.
In November Luminar 3 has had a problem with the program giving owners a reading that it could not import pictures due to lack of disk space on a persons computer. I had over 500 Gigs in my computer and the program would not import photos. While I received good technical support, it took a while to get it corrected.

Getting it corrected involved the following
Download AppCleaner from here (click this text to open link).
Install AppCleaner and start it.
Drag Luminar from your Applications folder into the AppCleaner window. When removing Luminar, mark all the files and folders in the list, except for DPA6233TPQ.com.macphun.luminar3.
Once you've uninstalled Luminar, restart your Mac and download a fresh version of Luminar from here (click this text to open link).

Maybe my question did not fit your guidelines of what a good question should be, but you decided to react with sarcasm that was not needed.

If you cannot say something nice, keep you hands off the computer keys and don't type anything at all. Wait it out.

Revet Loc: Fairview Park, Ohio

Thus far Luminar 4 runs far better than Luminar 3 on Windows 10.

jerseymike

Good information. I agree with you.

jims203 Loc: Connecticut

I used Apple cleaner once. It screwed things up royally as it deleted necessary files. Throwing it out and re-installing everything solved the problem. I am running Luminar 4 on a 2018 iMac with 16GB Ram and it works fine. Never had an issue with Luminar 3 either. I think you have a twofold problem.

SteveG Loc: Norh Carolina

Maybe you could just ask what they are using instead??

philo Loc: philo, ca

I find that exporting an image is pretty slow.

jonyrot

I have an older laptop with an i7 cpu, 8gigs ram and 1 tb ssd. Luminar 4has been running fine on it and my newer laptop that has faster hardware. That said, I have not needed to make use of the AI features in PP yet.

secular

I am running Luminar 4 on a 27” iMac late 2013 model with 32 gig ram and 3 T hard drive. Luminar 4 runs much better and faster than 3 on my setup. It isn’t lightning fast but my computer is “old” in computer years. Version 3 was prone to crashing. Version 4 has only crashed once and I have been using it intensively since upgrading. I find the layout for editing tools much better. I have used the sky replacement to fill in washed out skies in pictures with limited amounts of sky area rather than replacing large areas of sky and the results are good. I did move all of my pictures to a single external drive, 1.8 T worth, and am not sure if having all data on one drive verses two is a speed factor or not.

WJShaheen Loc: Gold Canyon, AZ

Agreed.