Luminer Ai won't launch
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Installed Ai won/t launch, currently using Luminar 4 ok
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(copy of Sharon's text, since it so aptly describes my issues) The program successfully installs, the program launches, but pull-downs for almost everything are greyed out (exception being language selection). PS plug-in runs and opens AI, but no images appear and no commands are available. This software doesn't work as a stand-alone or as a plugin.
On a side note, it would be nice if Skylum would comment here a little more often (they own the forum) to let us know if any progress is being made. They should also comment on "fixes" other people are posting. I'm not sure I want to clean my registry in a hot tub with the Pope just because someone suggests it. When fixes are posted to the Skylum forum, I believe Skylum has legal responsibility to moderate them.
I am more than a bit unhappy that these and other issues have been identified for some time prior to my purchase of the software. If Skylum is unable to make their software work at all, sales should be suspended until they do. Otherwise they are deliberately selling a defective product.
Finally, I didn't see an answer to the question of how we would be notified of the fix. If I miss it, will someone please point it out for me. Hopefully Skylum will also answer when they estimate this might be resolved.
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I agree. Very sad that it appears Skylum hasn't made any attempt to communicate a fix for these issues in a forum for that specific purpose or by email.
I've read Riley's post above. I believe what he says (this isn't about him, but Skylum support). My point is anyone can say "Skylum told me.. ...to stick a fork in my eye." That doesn't mean the statement is true. It also doesn't mean the suggested fix is safe, effective, or won't have unintended consequences in any particular situation.
"The company told me..." is not the way support service should work. If this is the/a solution, Skylum reps should post or email out the official solution and stand behind it. They stated they would. It takes seconds to type a couple of sentences here for the countless people waiting for an official answer. They've sent multiple marketing emails every day for as long as I can remember, yet not a single one for problem resolution. I'm getting really curious why they haven't (or cannot).
So Skylum reps, what's the official story?
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It's Sunday morning and I just installed AI. As with many folks participating in this thread, the program successfully installs, the program launches, but pull-downs for almost everything are greyed out (exception being language selection). My laptop is a 2019 Dell XPS 13 with an Intel i7 processor and 16gb of ram. Haven't yet installed on my desktop. Please advise.
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Please refer to Riley's post above. He said Skylum support suggested removing and reinstalling the graphics driver for your machine. Yes, that really was the suggestion. Anyway, I did it today and amazingly it worked. It's very sad Skylum won't/can't address this software conflict between their software and graphics drivers. How many people even know what a graphics driver is, let alone how or why they would be uninstalling/reinstalling theirs?
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In response to AI not launching on my laptop I received the following from them;
Please do the following:
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If there are any updates for your Windows operating system, install them. Check this article if you need help with that: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12373/windows-update-faq
Ensure that you have all the components that are essential for the operation of our software:
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Ensure that you have NET Framework 4.7.2. Download it here (click this text to open link).
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Ensure that you have C++ 2013. Download it here (click this text to open link). Select your preferred language, click Download, mark vcredist_x64.exe with a checkbox, and click Next to download it.
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Ensure that you have C++ 2015, 2017 and 2019. Download the package here (click this text to open link).
In case the steps above didn't help, please, provide us with your complete system summary:
Needless to say none of the above worked for me so I have sent them my system summary.
Will report back if and when I get a reply
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The above response is useless pablum from Skylum. For me, the problem really was the graphics driver. I've spent 30 years in technology, so I happen to know what a graphics driver is and that Windows 10 will (mostly) find the right driver after one has been uninstalled and the machine re-booted. As "Member" said above, if this bandaid solution is a temporary fix to a stubborn problem, Skylum needs to get its act together and start communicating. By the way, once the program actually did launch on my laptop, I was sent in an endless loop trying to activate it. To solve that problem, I had to log out of my skylum acct and log back in. There's another one that could use some explanation from Slylum.
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Margaret, my issue is described above. It's the same as a few others and very similar to a few more. Your product does not work. It's hard to tell that Skylum is working to solve it at all, much less being aggressive and communicative while trying to solve these issues.
When (if) Skylum has an answer, do you suppose they could let us all know what it is? If that is not going to happen quickly, will Skylum communicate this as well?
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Issue fixed as follows
Uninstall Luminar.
How to uninstall an app on Windows 10 (click this text to open link).
Clear your registry:
- Visit https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/download?pc
- Scroll down to the bottom of the table and click Download from CCleaner.com in the first column.
- Once the download has finished, launch the file and install CCleaner on your computer.
- Launch CCleaner.
- Click Registry on the left.
- Click Scan for Issues in the lower left. Wait for the scan to finish.
- After the scan has finished, click Fix Selected Issues in the lower right.
- Close CCleaner.
Reboot your PC.
Download the latest version of Luminar from here: https://downloads.skylum.com/luminarai/installer/win/LuminarAISetup.exe
Once the installer has finished downloading, locate it in your Downloads folder (or wherever you chose to save it), right-click the file, and click Run As Administrator. A prompt might appear asking you whether you wish to confirm your action, click Yes and wait for the installer to load. Then, follow the instructions on the screen.Here is the video tutorial that may also be helpful: https://www.loom.com/share/ce916c1f04334adfbc437edf4721b328 -
I was having the same issue, but after being in contact with support I have it resolved now. While this fix might not work for everyone else I thought I'd put it out there for others to try.
Support suggested that I uninstall my graphics drivers and then reinstall them. After doing this I restarted my computer and Luminar AI works perfectly now! I also moved the installation folder of Luminar AI outside of the program files folder during this process.
Here is a resource on how to uninstall your graphics drivers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/using-device-manager-to-uninstall-devices-and-driver-packages
Here are some links on where to redownload drivers:Intel: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28425?v=t
AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support
Nvidia: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Notes: these links were provides to me from Skylum support. In the log file I sent to Skylum I noticed that my GPU was off for some reason in the log.
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The graphics driver approach did not work for me, unfortunately. Neither did a couple of other things I was willing to try. I didn't mention it earlier because I didn't want to give an impression my griping was related to Riley's suggestion working or not. My griping is really well stated by Peter. Skylum should be out in front, taking care of this mess.
Shannon, amen to your comment. Peter, double Amen. And, Riley, thank you for the suggestion... it's helping some.
Hope everyone is having an awesome Sunday, wherever you may be.
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Hi Member,
I'm afraid I could not locate your ticket. Please reach out to our support team at https://skylum.com/support and they will take a closer look at your particular case. Thanks!
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Agatha; I would use the website you mentioned if it worked. Since there is no email listed anywhere I could find on your site, I'm left with sending an email to urgent@... that was recommended to someone earlier. Those emails have not been answered. It's quite the ironic email address--also infuriatingly useless.
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