Packt Mastering Lumion 3D 2014 Retail Epub Ebook

About This Book

Create professional architectural visualizations in seconds using real-time technology

Learn the inbuilt Lumion effects to enhance your project to an expert level

Covers in-depth practical and real examples along with clear instructions to create real-time visualizations

Who This Book Is For

This book is designed for all levels of Lumion users; from beginner to advanced, you will find useful insights and professional techniques to improve and develop your skills in order to fully control and master Lumion.

Table of Contents

1: GETTING READY FOR LUMION 3D

2: CREATING A PROJECT IN LUMION

3: IMPORTING 3D MODELS

4: APPLYING AND CREATING MATERIALS

5: CREATING YOUR 3D WORLD

6: LIGHTING IN LUMION

7: CREATING REALISTIC VISUALIZATIONS

8: NON-PHOTOREALISTIC VISUALIZATIONS WITH LUMION

9: ANIMATION TECHNIQUES

10: CREATING WALK-THROUGH VISUALIZATIONS

What You Will Learn

Import external 3D models and place Lumion's native models

Make height maps and detailed terrains

Design complex animations using layers and curved paths

Control Lumion's effects to add a special touch

Create and control believable materials

Produce believable renders with real camera effects

Organize your project with layers and manipulate the 3D models

Solve common problems and develop a production workflow

In Detail

Lumion uses real-time 3D technology to provide immediate visualizations and create images in a fraction of a second without the long hours of rendering. With an outstanding collection of high-quality plants, trees, cars, buildings, people, and materials, any complex and challenging task can be handled easily by Lumion.

This is a practical guide featuring time-saving techniques along with established production tips for efficiency and swiftness in producing professional architectural visualizations in Lumion. The initial chapters provide a solid foundation by covering the solutions for typical problems when modeling for Lumion and how to create realistic and proficient terrains. You will also learn the best techniques to create believable materials and populate the 3D world with Lumion's models. Special chapters are reserved not only to improve the lighting and reflections in Lumion, but also to take the best from Lumion's effects. Finally, you will create powerful animations to bring life to any walk-through visualizations and export them as a movie or still images.

Authors

Ciro Cardoso

Ciro Cardoso is a self-taught 3D artist and training author specialized in architectural visualization. He started off painting and drawing traditionally and then got into 3D graphics in 2000.

In 2005, he was running his own small multimedia business working on projects as diverse as graphic designing, CAD services, and architectural visualization projects. More recently, he started using Lumion and game engines for multimillion dollar projects in the United Kingdom, Portugal, the Netherlands, Angola, and Cape Verde. He is quite conversant with software in general, with extensive expertise in Maya, 3ds Max, AutoCAD, SketchUp, V-Ray, Corona, Photoshop, Lumion, Unreal 4, and Bentley MicroStation. He is also the author of Getting Started with Lumion and Lumion 3D Cookbook, both by Packt Publishing.

He now lives in London, working as an architectural visualizer, and does voluntary work teaching 3D. He can be reached through his website, .