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Lumion 3D Best Practices

By : John Brown, Ciro Cardoso, Ciro Cardoso
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Lumion 3D Best Practices

By: John Brown, Ciro Cardoso, Ciro Cardoso

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Lumion 3D Best Practices
John Brown | Ciro Cardoso | Ciro Cardoso
Jun, 2015 | 166 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Lumion 3D Best Practices
Lumion 3D Best Practices
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Ready with Lumion 3D
Getting Ready with Lumion 3D
An introduction to Lumion for beginners
Keep your project organized!
The importance of materials
A quick overview of Lumion
Summary
2
Importing and Handling 3D Models
Importing and Handling 3D Models
Importing 3D models
Common problems and their solutions
How to place 3D models in Lumion
Controlling the 3D models
Using filters to select different categories
Handling and importing large scenes
Updating 3D models in Lumion
Summary
3
Creating an Interior Scene with Lumion
Creating an Interior Scene with Lumion
Checking and refining the 3D model
A quick overview – Lumion's native 3D models
Populating the scene with 3D models
A quick overview – Lumion's physically based materials
Working with lights for interior scenes
Summary
4
Creating an Exterior Scene with Lumion
Creating an Exterior Scene with Lumion
Planning your scene
The Import, Export, and Merge scene features
Quick overview – the Landscape menu
Landscape types
Working with imported terrains
Scattering elements with the Grass menu
Choosing the landscape with the Paint menu
Summary
5
Working with Physically Based Materials
Working with Physically Based Materials
Materials, and why they are essential
A quick overview of Lumion's materials
Working with materials in Lumion – three options
Custom materials for Lumion
Creating seamless textures
Creating reflection and glossiness maps
Summary
6
Animation Techniques in Lumion
Animation Techniques in Lumion
Planning your scene
A quick overview of Lumion's Movie mode
How to import animations
Controlling imported animations
Simple animations with the Move effect
Curved paths with the Advanced move effect
Making good use of the Mass move effect
Summary
7
Producing a Still Image with Lumion
Producing a Still Image with Lumion
A quick overview–the Photo mode
Photo and movie effects
Summary
8
Producing a Movie with Lumion
Producing a Movie with Lumion
A quick overview – the Movie mode
Composition–a useful tool
Adding realism with Lumion's effects
Extra detail with sound effects
Creating a presentation with Titles
Summary
9
Exporting and Post Production
Exporting and Post Production
Optimizing before rendering
The different file formats to export from Lumion
Rendering using the Movie mode
What is a render pass?
Practical ways to use the render passes
Using Lumion Viewer to present a project
Summary
Index
Index

About the Author

Ciro Cardoso is an experienced 3D artist and a trained author with an architectural background who started experimenting with creative software and 3D software back in 2000.

In 2005, he was running his own small multimedia business and worked on projects as diverse as graphic designing, CAD services, and architectural visualization; more recently, he started using Lumion successfully for high-end projects in more than six countries. He is quite literate with software in general, with extensive expertise with Maya, 3ds Max, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Lumion, Unreal 4, and Bentley MicroStation.

He is also the author of several books about Lumion and is now working in London.

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