This chapter was the cornerstone for your project. Here, you learned the magic of adding special elements such as fire, smoke, and fog along with practical applications for real projects. Then, you jumped perhaps to a more exciting topic: Photo and Movie effects. You learned not only what they are, but also how they can be used to improve the realism of your project. You didn't find any magic formula for these effects because as mentioned several times, each project, each image, and each camera position has its own needs. However, with all the knowledge and techniques covered, you will be able to fully master Lumion's effects.

In the next chapter, we will carry on exploring these effects, but in a more artistic way by mimicking some art techniques. You will see how to use them to create technical and conceptual illustrations. You will learn how to combine effects and manipulate them in order to achieve beautiful nonphotorealistic renders.