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Lumion 3D Cookbook

By : Ciro Cardoso
Book Image

Lumion 3D Cookbook

By: Ciro Cardoso

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Lumion 3D Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Configuring the global illumination


So far, we have been looking at how we can use the Weather menu to create an enjoyable environment for our exterior scenes. Lumion is also capable of producing beautiful interior scenes, but we need to work a little bit with the interior illumination before we can produce something that is presentable and eye-catching. For interior scenes, we can use the Global Illumination effect to improve the illumination that is either provided by the Sun or some artificial source of illumination. Let's see how we can improve the interior look and illumination using Global Illumination.

Getting ready

Before you begin, move the camera to the interior of your building to check and tweak the settings. If you just want to test this effect, use one of the examples that you can find in the Examples tab.

How to do it…

To improve the illumination of an interior scene, perform the following steps:

  1. Click on the New effect button.

  2. From the World tab, select the Global Illumination...