User guide
Everything you need to use Lumina Live, step by step
From installing it to the service, and what to do when something doesn't work. Written for whoever runs the projection, no jargon.
Get started
Install it, connect the projector and get to know the control window.
- What you needThe computer, the system, the second screen and the one extra program you need to use Lumina Live.
- Install on WindowsDownload the installer, confirm the Windows warning the first time and open Lumina Live.
- Install on macOSOpen the .dmg, drag the app to Applications and allow it the first time you open it.
- Install on LinuxThe .deb package for Ubuntu, Debian and Linux Mint, or the AppImage for other distributions. On Linux it's still experimental.
- Install LibreOfficeLumina Live uses it to convert PowerPoint presentations. It's free and you only install it once.
- First launchWhat Lumina Live comes with the first time, how to connect the projector and your first test, in five minutes.
- The control windowThe three columns of the window you work in, and what each button on the top bar does.
During the service
Prepare, project and move between hymns, videos, verses and announcements.
- Preview and GO LIVEThe two-step flow: you choose and check in Preview, and the congregation only sees it once you click GO LIVE.
- Build the service scheduleAdd hymns, videos, verses and announcements in order, save the schedule and open it again whenever you like.
- Presentations and hymnalsPowerPoint, PDF and hymnals with auto-advance and music: how they're converted, how you move through them and what's kept.
- Videos, images and audioWhich formats it opens, how it converts the ones it can't play, and how to handle the volume and background music.
- Project the BibleSearch by book and chapter or by a word, pick the verse and click GO LIVE.
- Countdowns, clock and stopwatchProject a countdown before the service, the time or a stopwatch, and build your own timer scenes.
- Overlays: lower thirds, banners and bugsShow the preacher's name, an announcement or the church logo on top of whatever is being projected.
- Keyboard shortcutsThe keys to run the projection without the mouse: GO LIVE, move through slides and verses, BLACK and LOGO.
- Before the service: a checklistWhat to get ready the day before and check half an hour before, so nothing fails mid-service.
Settings and data
The screen, the options, Bible versions, your data and updates.
- The projector screenHow Lumina Live chooses where to project, how to change screens and what happens if the projector disconnects mid-service.
- SettingsEvery option, section by section: projection, slides, verses, Bible, system and version.
- Other Bible versionsImport the version you use from a file, and choose which one opens by default and what it's called on screen.
- How the verse looksChange the font, size, colors, background and reference of the verses you project.
- Your data and backupsWhere Lumina Live keeps your schedules and your library, what happens to your files and how to make a backup.
- Update Lumina LiveIt doesn't update itself: download the new version and install it over the old one. Your data is kept.
- UninstallHow to remove the app on each system, and how to delete your data too and start from scratch.
Troubleshooting
What to do when something doesn't work, and how to tell us.
- Windows or macOS won't open the appWhy the unknown publisher or unverified app warning appears, and how to get past it.
- A presentation won't open or looks differentWhat to do when a presentation won't convert, takes a long time, fails, or doesn't look like it does in PowerPoint.
- A video won't play or stuttersVideos that won't start, take a while to be ready, stutter or have no sound: what to check.
- Nothing shows on the projectorWhat to check when the projection doesn't appear, shows on the wrong screen, shows your screen or has frozen.
- “Missing”: a file that movedWhy a video or a presentation shows as Missing, and how to find it again without rebuilding your schedules.
- Linux: known issuesOn Linux, Lumina Live is still experimental. What's known, and how to avoid the problems.
- The app showed an errorWhat each Lumina Live error message means and what to do, without losing what you were building.
- Report a bug or request a featureHow to tell us what happened so it can be fixed: what to send and where.