Programs

Course Content:

01 - GETTING READY FOR LUMION 3D

• Controlling the camera
• Lumion's hotkeys
• Using the Settings window
• Modeling for Lumion
• Additional models
• Importance of materials
• Solving common problems
• Exporting 3D models
• Using the COLLADA format
• Exporting animations

02 - CREATING A PROJECT IN LUMION

• Creating a scene
• Using the nine presets
• Sculpting the terrain
• Creating and using a height map
• Configuring the Editor quality
• Why use layers?

03 - IMPORTING 3D MODELS

• Importing 3D models
• Adding Lumion content
• Placing and reallocating 3D models
• Hotkeys
• Accurate placing
• Updating a 3D model with new geometry
• Replacing 3D models
• Common problems (troubleshooting)
• ocking a 3D model

04 - APPLYING AND CREATING MATERIALS

• Available materials in Lumion
• Adding materials
• Special materials
• Importing materials
• Tweaking imported materials
• The Glass special features
• Creating materials in Lumion
• Using the Standard material
• Creating bump maps
• Working with materials
• Organizing materials
• Saving materials
• Copying and pasting materials
• How to solve flickering

05 - CREATING YOUR 3D WORLD

• The 3D models available
• Placing content
• Working with multiple objects
• Controlling the models
• Selecting different objects
• Editing models' properties
• Tweaking the grass
• Scattering elements

06 - LIGHTING IN LUMION

• The Lumion weather system
• Lumion lights
• Interior illumination
• Tweaking spotlights
• Improving lighting
• Best practices with spotlights
• Improving reflections

07 - CREATING REALISTIC VISUALIZATIONS

• Special effects—fire, smoke, and fog
• Applying and controlling the special effects
• The differences between the Photo and Movie modes
• Using the Sun Study for accurate lighting
• Tweaking shadows
• Creating realistic reflections
• Improving realism with camera effects
• Rendering still images

08 - NON-PHOTOREALISTIC VISUALIZATIONS WITH LUMION

• Non-photorealistic Render
• Using NPR visualizations
• Creating NPR using Lumion
• Artistic effects—what is available
• Controlling Lumion's effects
• Exploring artistic effects
• Creating conceptual visualizations
• The Painting and Watercolor effects
• The Sketch effect
• Creating technical illustrations with the Manga and Cartoon effects
• Correcting perspectives in Lumion
• The Sharpness effect

09 - ANIMATION TECHNIQUES

• Lumion animation—a quick overview
• 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 techniques
• Deleting and controlling multiple clips
• Animating effects and layers
• Using layers to control objects

10 - ADVANCED FEATURES

• Detailed Import and Output Formats
• Model Library
• High Quality Animated Characters
• 3D Sound Effects
• Material Library
• Environment & Weather
• Scene Editor
• 20 Scene Layers
• Movie Editor
• Animation
• Movie Effects
• Special Effects