Each type of project has challenges, and when working with exterior scenes this is no different. Light and shadows are covered by the exterior lighting system, but you still need to plan the best way to approach an exterior scene. Are we talking about a massive urban environment or a complex landscape? Are we preparing a still image or an animation? These are only a few examples of the several aspects that need to be kept in mind while working with Lumion, because there are different tools that can be used in each situation.
In this chapter, you are going to learn the best practices for working with the Landscape menu to achieve the following:
Planning your scene
The Merge scene feature
The Landscape menu
Landscape types
Creating coast and valley scenes
Creating rivers and ponds
Using the Height and Terrain submenus
Working with heightmaps
Tools for creating heightmaps
Imported terrains and the landscape material
Creating a lawn using the Grass menu
Tweaking...