with just simple edits you can go from a render that looks like this to this one and stay tuned
because later in the video i'll show you all the render settings i did to achieve this result
hey what's up guys Nuno here! as you know i've been actively using lumion for several years today
i wanted to share my seven reasons why i like working with lumion software and i'll show you how
you can quickly make a render look realistic using lumion styles preset as the base for our project
let me start by quickly telling you my story with lumion i first came to the 3d world back in 2001
when i was playing a video game called unreal tournament this game had a level editor called
unreal editor you could edit and build new levels there the interface was quite complex
and at that time you couldn't just go and watch a video tutorial on youtube there was no youtube so
you had to read the documentation and go through a bit of trial and error this editor became later
what you know now as unreal engine but that's how i first learned about 3d building new levels to
play online with friends i worked for many years in the video game industry but i also had a client
who wanted me to render a big apartment complex and i was trying to do this in unreal engine 4.
so i was using software from the video game industry for architectural visualizations
and it would take me a lot of time especially if you count all the renders for client revisions
that's when a friend told me about lumion and after quickly testing it i saw that i could
make realistic renders in seconds saving me a lot of time and i learned the interface in just about
one day by watching lumen documentation tutorials with lumen interface being quite intuitive you can
easily get acquainted with the software in just about one day making it quite a nice solution
for architects and designers who want to create quality renders in no time so the first reason i
really like lumion is that it has a short learning curve and it has a very intuitive interface so
anyone can learn it in no time the second reason is the huge library lumid has almost 7000 objects
in its library the ones that i really enjoy and i'm constantly using is the fine detail nature
these are high quality animated vegetation assets that bring that extra detail into your scene i'm
also using the 3d people and let me give you a quick tip here i like to use them when they
are not facing directly to the camera because the face is what always looks the least realistic so
if you can avoid that do it and lastly decoration objects in my projects i often need to add that
immunization touch to the seams and with these objects i can do that quickly without searching
for new 3d assets in online libraries i'm not using large objects like sofas or beds for example
for that i think you can find better solutions in this online libraries but for small objects
i think it gets the job done and if by any chance you don't find in this object's library what you
are looking for you can always import your own and build your custom library similar to
like i have here on mine and you can check my video on where to get the best 3d models online
i'll leave a link in the description down below and reason number three it's styles
lumion has eight ready to use render presets for different times of day and even some artistic ones
if you don't have any in-depth know-how about lumen software you can always just apply one of
these styles and be sure that you have a render available in seconds this works great if you have
to send this urgently to a client but i always recommend knowing exactly what each effect does
and i know that many people in the forums or facebook groups they ask for lumen presets every
time they see a nice render but that just works for that specific scene you need to change the
parameters for each new scene to have a realistic render and if you need to understand what each
effect does and master lumion i invite you to join my lumen render course i'll leave a link in the
description down below let me just show you how all of this looks if you just apply the effects
without tweaking any settings you see immediately that all of these presets like one very important
part the two point perspective this is an effect that makes the vertical lines straight giving more
dimension and a dramatic mode and here you can see i'm just tweaking this effect a little bit
by the way now would be a great time for you to pause the video and screenshot some
of the settings that i'm doing here and i like to remind you that i'm just using the
aluminium style preset and i'll just adjust these settings without adding anything else
except the two point perspective the idea here is to show you how fast you can make a decent render
to send to your client while using the lumen presets as a base and we can go from this scene
to this one just by using the ready to use style and changing a little bit the parameters in about
five minutes and reason number four it's materials lumion comes packed with thousands of ready-to-use
materials you can quickly add new materials to your model and find the right one i want to give
you a quick tip here when you see this number after the material name it means the resolution
of the textures you have 1k or 2k textures you can use 1k for objects that are further from the
camera and 2k for objects that are close since it has better resolution but if you want to use
a specific texture that you found online you can also do that i saw this texture i have here
and lumion even creates automatically the normal map and what exactly is a normal map you ask
here's an example of a normal map looks like this strange texture with a purple color
this texture stores light information this makes the model look like it has a lot of geometry when
in reality as in this example it's a simple flat plane after this you can adjust the reflection
and gloss values to see if a material has more shininess for example if this was a metal material
i would put the reflectivity slider all the way to the maximum and here's another gold tip for you go
to the weathering tab and you will find a slider called edges if you increase this the edges in the
model will be slightly rounded and this helps with the realism of your 3d renders in the real world
there is nothing with 90 degree sharp edges and now let's move to the reason number five stability
this is very important stability you can work in lumion building your own scene importing
quite heavy 3d models rendering making videos and the software will not crash
i even had a situation where i didn't save as you can see here on this photo
and it was still up and running for me this is a big thing i feel comfortable working on it
without thinking of saving every 5 minutes yes i'm looking at you out of premiere and reason number 6
it's rendering rendering in lumion both image and video it's really fast rendering a 4k image
takes on average 30 seconds and with this you can quickly change the mood of your scene by
simply adding an effect to turn your scene into a winter snow environment for example there are also
artistic styles like outlines or sketch this will give you a more artistic touch to your image
i can also make a video in lumion quite easily i just move the camera
start the position then move to another position and start it again and that's it lumion will
create automatically the camera animation for me and bonus tip it's possible to change the type of
animation by clicking this icon here if you want a smooth linear movement throughout the animation
or if you prefer the camera to have some slight acceleration at the beginning of the clip
and the reason number seven it's large community lumin has probably one of the largest communities
and with this you can always find someone to talk to help you out with some questions and doubts
you may have you have the looming community forum where you can discuss looming things
share models materials and even job listings and also many facebook groups with thousands
of members in these groups i usually post my works and tutorials you can get some tips and
feedback for your projects and there are also some job listings too i invite you to join my
public facebook group lumen world experts with more than a thousand members already these were
my reasons why i like working with lumen software what about yours let me know in the comments below
why you use lumion for your renders before you go check out this video and that video as well
that will help you achieve better 3d renderings and i'll see you in the next one