Course Information
Description
Lumion is a must-have tool for everyone who wishes to visualise their architectural plans. In this course, you will learn how to start Lumion projects, add the environment, add cameras, establish global and direct illumination, populate your scenes with people, trees, vehicles, and other components, construct terrains, and make animations as Lumion swiftly creates beautiful, high-quality films.
This course is intended for architects, landscape architects, interior designers, civil engineers, and students with an interest in 3D visualisation.
Course Outline
1. Introduction to Lumion
- Controlling the Camera
- Lumion's Hotkeys
- Layers
- Using the Settings Window
- Modeling for Lumion
- Additional Models
- Importance of Materials
- Using the COLLADA Format
2. Creating a Project in Lumion
- Creating a Scene
- Using the Presets
- Sculpting the Terrain
- Using a Height Map
- Working with Layers
3. Importing 3D models in Lumion
- Importing 3D Models
- Adding Lumion Content
- Placing and Reallocating 3D Models
- Hotkeys
- Accurate placing
- Updating a 3D Model with new Geometry
- Replacing 3D Models
4. Applying and Creating Materials
- Available Materials in Lumion
- Importing Materials
- Setting up the Imported Materials
- Creating Materials in Lumion
- Using the Standard Material
- Using Normal and Bump Maps
- Illuminating Material
- Applying Materials
- Organizing Materials and Saving Materials
- Copying and Pasting Materials
- Dealing with Flickering
5. Creating an Exterior Scene in Lumion
- Using Available 3D Models
- Placing Content
- Working with Multiple Objects
- Controlling the Models
- Selecting Different Objects
- Editing Model Properties
- Editing Object Properties
- Scattering Objects
6. Creating an Interior Scene in Lumion
- The Lumion Weather System
- Lumion Lights
- Interior Illumination
- Editing Spotlights Settings
- Improving Lighting
- Best Practices with Spotlights
- Improving Reflections
7. Settings to Create Realistic Renderings
- Special Effects—Fire, Smoke, Rain, and Fog
- Applying and Controlling the Special Effects
- Using the Sun Study for Accurate Lighting
- Playing Around Shadows
- Creating Realistic Reflections
- Improving Realism with Camera Effects
- Rendering Still Images
8. Creating Non Realistic Renderings
- Non-Photorealistic Render
- Using NPR Visualizations
- Artistic Effects
- Controlling Lumion's Effects
- Exploring Artistic Effects
- Creating Conceptual Visualizations
- The Painting and Watercolor Effects
- The Sketch Effect
- Correcting Perspectives in Lumion
- The Sharpness Effect
9. Creating Walkthroughs
- Lumion Animation
- Planning your Movie
- Working with Cameras
- Creating a Camera Path
- Composition and how to use it
- Editing Clips
- Changing the Length of Clips
- Camera-Filming Technique
- Deleting and Controlling Multiple Clips
- Animating Effects and Layers
- Using Layers to Control Objects
10. Rendering
- Rendering a Scene
- Settings for Render Output
- Rendering Multiple Scenes
- Rendering a Walkthrough