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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

Using the Sun study effect


Another option to control the Sun is using a new feature introduced in Lumion: Version 4. This option, that we can find under the Effects label, is called Sun study. It is an amazing feature that allows us to select any point on the planet and mimic the Sun in that location. However, there is much more that we can do with this effect.

Getting ready

If you want a specific location, find out the latitude and longitude in order to use that location with this effect.

How to do it…

  1. With the Photo or Movie mode enabled, add a new effect.

  2. From the World tab, select the Sun study effect.

  3. Once you add this effect to your project, you will notice a subtle change in the environment, and this happens because Lumion uses a default value to place the Sun based on the geo-coordinates and time parameters.

  4. Start by changing the location and you can do that by using the last two settings, Latitude and Longitude, as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. An easier way to get the correct location...