Book Image

Lumion 3D Best Practices

By : John Brown, Ciro Cardoso, Ciro Cardoso
Book Image

Lumion 3D Best Practices

By: John Brown, Ciro Cardoso, Ciro Cardoso

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Lumion 3D Best Practices
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 7. Producing a Still Image with Lumion

Throughout this book, you have been working really hard to build a well-optimized scene. This has involved importing a 3D model, assigning materials, and then adding more content using Lumion's library. However, now that you have a scene how can you export it? How can you show the world what you have been working on? There are several ways you can do this, but in this specific chapter you will learn the best techniques to create still images using the Photo mode. This is perhaps the most requested medium to present the information the client requires. The following list shows some of the topics we are going to cover:

  • Quick overview: Photo mode

  • Saving and loading camera positions

  • Built mode with effects

  • Saving and loading effects

  • Adding effects

  • Photo and movie effects

  • Sun study–a useful tool

  • Shadow effect to correct shadows

  • Realistic reflections with the Reflection effect

  • Two-point perspective effect

  • Improving illumination with Global Illumination and...