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LinkedIn Learning

Lumion Essential Training

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn how to create beautiful renders, videos, and panoramas with Lumion, the powerful architectural visualization tool.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Create visualizations using Lumion
  • Using the exercise files
1. Lumion Basics
  • Open and close
  • Review the Start screen
  • Benchmarking
  • Settings menu
  • New projects
  • Loading project
  • Controlling the camera
  • Selecting items
  • Importing models
  • Reload imported content
  • Saving a project
  • Creating a camera path
  • Objects
  • Exporting from Revit
2. Landscape
  • Creating new terrain
  • Adjusting terrain options
  • Painting on terrain
  • Adding water
  • Adding an ocean
  • Adding grass
  • Adding trees
  • Modifying trees
  • Additional properties
  • Adding multiple trees
  • Weather options
  • Importing architecture
3. Materials
  • Assigning interior materials
  • Assigning exterior materials, part 1
  • Assigning exterior materials, part 2
4. Photo Effects
  • Setting sun height and direction
  • Sun effect: Brightness and size
  • Fog effect
  • Autumn generator
  • Falling leaves
  • Precipitation effect
  • Controlling clouds
5. Objects
  • Adding cars
  • Adding people
  • Adding object to favorites
  • Layers
  • Mass placement
  • Move, rotate, and scale
  • Modifying multiple items
  • Duplicating items
  • Deleting items
  • Selecting objects by layer
  • Selecting similar items
  • Randomizing item position
  • Locking item positions
6. Lighting
  • Adding an area light
  • Adding a line light
  • Adding a spotlight
  • Omni Light
  • Spotlight night activation
  • Targeting lights
7. Movie Effects
  • Creating a movie, part 1
  • Creating a movie, part 2: Weather effects
  • Sun Study effect
  • Style
  • Effects
  • Animation
  • Rendering still images
  • Rendering a movie clip
  • Rendering a movie
  • Finished product
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Brian Myers

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