The one that's had the screen repaired three times, and that's had the HD repaired with an SSD a year or so ago.
Whatever the older version of Luminar 2018 that can be downloaded above might be, it runs on my old Lenovo G470 disposable notebook. How about that.Īll of which is just one person's input on this OpenGL 3.3 issue. I mean, Skylum can't even find their way to make keyboard inputs equivalent at this time. Except that the Windows and Mac versions are nowhere near parity. Something to do with achieving Mac parity. I do understand that Skylum adopted OpenGL 3.3 in response to a problem of some sort. And so, what are Skylum's long term plans to provide their tools to customers who use older or less capable hardware? Are we to be "stuck" with downloading your old version of Luminar 2018.
Which is to say, recommending that customers upgrade their hardware is actually a pretty absurd thing to do. Not sure what its age or capabilities might turn out to be. His new Huawei phone is everything to him, and so much better than the antique he was using before. No way he can afford a really cheapo laptop without begging. In fact, I (living in Thailand) recently upgraded a friend in Kenya from his older than dirt mobile phone to something relatively modern. Otherwise, there are a great many people in the world who cannot easily afford what I consider to be disposable laptops. I only use cheapo laptops at this point, and even then, only when I travel. I only use dirt cheap laptops at this point. And upon hearing the cost to repair, I junked that (HP) laptop. I will not be upgrading it until it friggin' dies.Īs for your "upgrade your system" recommendation - I can only conclude that "you must be Americans." You want me to say, spend $2,000US on a new state of the art laptop? And after six months, the motherboard will die, which I can replace for the low, low price of $3,000US? That's your recommendation? Because I've done exactly that in the past. That notebook is a "travel" computer only.
I was able to download the old version of Luminar, and yes, it ran on my old Lenovo G470 notebook. Skylum's recommended solutions to the OpenGL 3.3 problem are 1) upgrade your hardware and 2) run this antique version of Luminar that =should= be compatible with your antique hardware. Please tell your CEO that the salaries of all Skylum CSRs should be doubled, effective last June. I must say, customer support at Luminar is most excellent. Stumbled across this thread because Luminar doesn't much want to run on my old laptop. You can download Luminar 2018 that has support for older graphics cards here: Use the previous version of Luminar 2018.
If you want to enjoy the latest and the most powerful software packages, a hardware upgrade might be in order. There are several solutions if your system supports a version of OpenGL that is lower than 3.3.Īll modern graphics cards have support for OpenGl 3.3 out of the box, and all the latest software puts increasingly high requirements for hardware configuration of your computer. If your computer is 5 or more years old, there is a possibility that your GPU does not support Open GL 3.3 Refer to your card's manufacturer's website if you need help with that.
If your model does support Open GL 3.3 and above, updating your graphics driver will fix this issue.Īutomatically update AMD Graphics DriversĪutomatically update NVIDIA Graphics DriversĪfter you have updated your GPU Driver from the manufacturer’s website, make sure you set your discrete adapter to run Luminar 2018 by default.
If you are not sure whether or not your GPU supports Open GL 3.3 or above, please refer to its manufacturer's website.
If you are receiving the “OpenGL 3.3 and later is required for this application to run” error message when launching Luminar 2018 1.2.0, please make sure your machine meets the minimum requirements listed here.