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Hey, it’s Great!
Ok so what doesnt have a bug or two especially a new program. Even ms and apple have problems with new os or even updates that crash systems, it happens. BUT just try to get help or any support from them when u find an issue. Since v3 of luminair I bought and now subscribe to the best supported lighting program out - imho. I was extremely new with lighting and made plenty of mistakes totally my fault but the support guys ALWAYS responded quickly and resolved every issue i’ve had. Good luck finding a team as good as these guys anywhere. Now that i can load this on my macbook pro and use dmx with usb I feel the program has truly continued to expand to customers wants and needs. I am a permanent Fan and customer. Have tried many lighting programs and always come back here. So will be staying. Thanks guys for creating and maintaining an excellent platform for lighting control.Show lessEadmon
Robbery
There should be a one time purchase. Not this monthly trap your customer into an expensive rate just a use their own expensive lights that they purchase themselves. Deleted the app after the first time using it to Gaff a production. Blackout, all though expensive, lets you one time buy and use the app for eternity. Luminair needs to change its business strategy asap. There is also a chinese bootlet company that makes a carbon copy of Luminair’s app for free and I can control Cream Source Vortex lights all day from my phone.Show lessCarboxylated64
So much for my $100 purchase
I’ve had this app for a long time and paid $100 for it when it came out. I used to use it all the time and haven’t in a while. So today I open it up and it appears it’s now Subscription-based, so for another $100 per year I can use this app? Really?
Sure, I can access my old stuff BUT I can’t create anything new AND save it as apparently saving is a premium function so what’s the point of the free part?
What a waste. This new model of software developers doing only subscription-based software and not giving users the ability to buy the software is becoming tedious. Sure, development costs money. But $100 per year for a phone app is ridiculous especially after spending a ridiculous $100 for the app to start with.Show lessMonkey_butt11
Developer Response
Hi, Apologies for any confusion, but the ability to Save and create New projects haven’t been removed... v3 users get access to all of the existing features from version 3. The Save Project feature has just been moved to a new location. Tap the icon that looks like a document page in the upper left of the main toolbar when a Project is open and select “Save Project” or “Close Project”. When then document viewer is open, you can create a new project by selecting "Create Project" or select another project you’ve already created. If you need further assistance, please reach out to us at https://support.luminair.app We’re here to help!Positive First Impressions
So far so good. Easily connected to Aladdin and DMG fixtures via Moonlite. The All In is a legacy profile, and the bicolor values are 1-100% (knowing exactly where you are in the 2900K to 6000K range would be preferable to dial in the precise desired color temp). Will give Hive fixtures a go next. A myriad of searchable gels at your fingertips is a big plus. The controls are super responsive, with minimal lag. Quickly controlling multiple fixtures from various vendors is what I was after, and Luminair seems to deliver. Prefer this app vs Blackout for intuitive interface and ease of use.Show lessHighSpeedFilms
This app is for people with money to burn
Since this app has gone to subscription based plan you will pay and keep paying. I have used this for a couple of years but since the change some how my projects only have one fixture available so it’s totally useless. I have other lighting apps for my bigger productions. I used this for small projects that just need minimal control. It was never a really good app but for small shows it was ok. So as I said now it is totally useless unless I just need to throw some money away.Show lessSound guy Dave
Best lighting app on IPad
Ok well the longer review that I had typed up got deleted, so may update this at some point but in short I recommend this application for lighting design in smaller venues or video production and studios. It’s reliable and pretty feature packed. I have used in Church venues, smaller community Theater’s both permanent spaces and rented. And have recommended this to folks in the video world to use in studios and they have really liked its reliability and features.. You are not getting the feature set of a full console her, so if you need advanced effects you will have to shell out the extra money. My community theater uses just over 300 DMX channels, and even though this says it can handle up to 4 universes. I’m not sure let want it for a job that big, but to each their own.. In my community theater I have used it for 7+ years and it has been very reliable, outside of a few bugs more recently that the tech team was very prompt at finding my problem and quickly rolling out a patch.. Over all really happy with this program and will definitely continue using it going forward.Show lessbobbyboi
Unusable, shameful rip off
I paid full price for this app in 2019. Unfortunately after a system upgrade I discovered the company moved to a subscription model and STRIPPED my purchase of MANY VITAL FEATURES. The ability to EDIT SCENES IN A SEQUENCE HAS BEEN STRIPPED- you can only delete and add!! Color mixing and other controls STRIPPED. All of my earlier sequences snd scenes are unable to work as designed. The app is now useless. The user disrespect goes further us by not even offering us a discount to the subscription service. So much for loyalty. Luminair made it obvious they do not care about their users at all so I’m joining many other former uses and going elsewhere. I’m going to have to reprogram everything anyway but I refuse to pay more money to a company could care less. Way to ruin a good thing.Show lessVenice vebml
Paid $100 and now I can’t open the app?
How do I get past the “nag screen?”
I need to use the app I paid for.ThomBritton
Nothing quite like it.
Make the investment in your router when you get this app, and don’t cheap out. With a great router and a solid DMX converter, this system is as reliable as it gets. Truly love the workflow after I got used to it, and hope this software sticks around for years. Can’t wait to put in on my Mac with the new macOS app too. Thanks for making a killer program y’all.Show lessIsaac__Baker
Good Bye
Never was an easy to use app for stage lighting. The fact that it kept looking for internet access when I was on a proprietary lighting network made the product dodgy at best. But it was workable. Not paying for a subscription. I’ll go back to more reliable and reproducible hardware product. Happy trails.Show lessSoundguytyler
