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 Lumiera User Manual
 ===================
 
-'to be written...'
- 
+The plan is to create the users manual later in a colaborative
+fashion, similar to what turned out so effective for Cinelerra.
 
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-WARNING: Website under construction
+This work is postponed until the software is actually working.