Updated Luminar 3.2.0: long-awaited CR3 RAW Support, faster LOOKs preview and much more.
Time refuses to stand still, and so does Luminar 3. We’ve upgraded Luminar to make it smarter, better, and faster. Take a look at what’s new this time.
IMPROVED CR3 RAW Support.
We added Raw file support for the latest Canon cameras. If you’re a Canon shooter, Luminar 3 now works perfectly with both CR2 and CR3 file. Enjoy!
Faster Looks Preview.
Thanks to our Luminar Artists who help us fine-tune performance working with Looks is now much faster. Give the Looks a try on your next photo today!
FIXED
You asked, we listened - LUMINAR 3 keeps getting better!
Windows:
Fixed freeze when opening a catalog with nonexistent or deleted paths images
Fixed in-app purchase crash
Fixed crash at the filmstrip
Fixed problem when duplicating layers
Fixed crash when clicking on a Look while navigating through the folderMac:
Fixed crash when using Erase tool in certain situations
Fixed crash when creating a backup before database migration
Fixed crash when launching on MacOS 10.11
Fixed Luminar 3 crash that sometimes occurred when launching LightroomThat’s all for now! We work non-stop to improve Luminar, so stay tuned for more exciting news soon.
How to Update
Updating your Luminar software is easy.
- Mac – Please, launch Luminar 3, then in the Top Menu Bar, choose Luminar 3 > Check for updates.
- Windows – Please, launch Luminar 3, then in the Top Menu Bar, choose Help > Check for updates.
Just in case here are the links:
Windows:
https://downloads.skylum.com/luminar/win/Luminar3_Setup_offline.exe
MacOS:
https://downloads.skylum.com/luminar/mac/Luminar3.dmg
We hope you enjoy these improvements. We’re hard at work on more performance updates and features. Thanks for being a Luminar artist.
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Confused about this update as when I check for updates I am apparently on Luminar 3 3.1.3 (3920), so 3.2 seems a retrograde step.
Can you explain what is going on?
Also sending me a link to Luminar 4 support does little to make me think Skylum is actually concerned about Luminar 3 users.
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Alex , at this time all of Luminar versions currently available rely more on CPU and RAM and makes no use of GPU acceleration. We hope to change that in the future.
If you're on Windows, you can, however, configure Luminar to run with your discrete card.
Try to right-click on a Luminar icon -> Run with Graphics Processor -> Your dedicated graphics card.
See the screenshot: http://prntscr.com/kgyi9m
Alternatively, you can go to Control Panel and choose NVIDIA Control Panel. Go to "Manage 3D settings" and make sure you choose the High-performance NVIDIA graphics processor.
If your card is AMD, here's a video instruction for you: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gnod9pab20q0qgi/Switch%20to%20discrete%20graphic.mp4?dl=0
Riley, we have no ETA for Luminar Flex update for now. Please contact us at https://skylum.com/support so that we could figure something out for you.
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Kate Williams I've had Luminar running on my dedicated graphics card as far as I can remember. It does absolutely nothing to improve the performance.
How far is "in the future"? 3 days from now? 3 years? 3 decades? I've had some version of Luminar since late 2017, and it has suffered the same performance issues since then. I think your users deserve some kind of timeline update or reassurance that our issues regarding GPU utilization are directly being addressed. The common response from Luminar that you're "constantly improving Luminar with each update" is vague and useless. -
I have recently acquired v3 of Luminar and had hoped to try it out and compare against Lightroom 6 which I've used until now. I don't want to go the Adobe subscription route in the future. However, I have come here because I have just tried to work with some files taken on my G1X MkII (.CR2) and they do not work. I downloaded the Windows v3.2 version from the link above which says this issue has now been fixed. I ran it as a repair, same problem. I removed all photos from the catalogue, completely uninstalled/reinstalled. The vignetting is still there. At the moment, given all the issues I can see with v4.3, I'm not tempted to bite the bullet and go for that either. Anyone else actually got their CR2 files working in v3?
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Hi Sylvia Williams,
Could you please kindly send us the images to test in Luminar 3? We will check what can be done.
- Visit https://wetransfer.com/
- If it's your first time visiting this website, it might ask you to purchase a subscription. Simply select to proceed with the free version.
- Click Add your files.
- Select the file(s) on your computer.
- After you see all the files you need to send appear in the list, click the icon to the left of the Transfer button (the icon looks like a circle with three dots in it).
- In Send As select Link.
- Click Transfer.
- After the files have finished uploading, click Copy Link and paste it into your support request via https://skylum.com/support
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Hi Helga,
I've uploaded some images here: https://we.tl/t-ZhwdGjhrgb
I have a number of .CR2 files, from different Canon cameras, so I've done a bit of research and imported some from each camera into Luminar 3. It's only the ones taken with my Powershot G1X MkII that have the vignetting/fisheye effect though.
I tried looking at the aperture/lens settings. Generally, wider aperture/lens at the wider end of the range produces a more pronounced fisheye and sharper vignetting.
I hope this is something that can be fixed. I've not delved too much into Luminar, but I'm quite impressed with what I can see it does so far, and a genuine alternative to the dreaded Adobe subscription.
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