what's happening ladies and gentlemen this is Minh for Architecture Inspirations
today I'm going to show you the new features in Lumion 12.
Let's get started
Number one improved object library
we all know that Lumion offers thousands and thousands of objects
that we can use to populate our scene
and show our design in its real-life context
however Lumion's constantly growing library
can sometimes make it difficult to find specific items
but in Lumion 12 the objects library has been improved
when you open the object library
you will see the 3d objects are now organized in what's called object collections
this new feature will help organize the huge Lumion library into neat categories
which makes it a lot easier to navigate through the thousands of objects that Lumion provides
also you will notice that each object now has new object tags
when you click on a tag Lumion will find similar items with that tag
which you can also see that it is inputted automatically here in the search bar
if you type in the tag L12 in the search bar
you'll be able to find all the new objects in Lumion 12
which are also indicated by the blue dot in the upper left corner of the object's thumbnail
with this new feature
you can be assured that you will not miss any amazing object in each new version of Lumion
and you'll now be able to make use of the huge Lumion library to its full potential
number two surface decals
in Lumion 12 there's a new object type called decals
to use it you can go to the effects category
and click here
this library includes 142 decals that you can use
organized in different categories such as asphalt damage
dirt
exposed brick
road markings etc
after you've placed a decal in the scene
you can select it to make additional changes
such as orientation
transparency
and range
if you want to change the size then you can use the scale tool
alternatively when placing the decal you can use the L key to change the size however you want
you can also change the color of the decal
this is especially useful for decals such as road markings
there are also additional settings that you can experiment with
such as flipping the decal horizontally and vertically
and blending the different maps of the decal
at this moment there is no option to add your own decal
but I'm sure Lumion will add it in the future update
similar to how they did it with the displacement feature
number three character billboard
Lumion has lots of people entourage that you can use to populate your scene
these include 3d animated people 3d still people
2d people etc
there's a lot of options that you have
but if you want to add custom 2d cutouts
then you can use the new character billboard feature
to use it go to utilities
and select character billboard
now you can place it in your scene then select it
and click here to look at custom texture
after you have imported the image
you can resize it using the scale tool
in this case I use the Lumion 3d entourage as a reference for the size
with this new feature you don't have to import a custom surface
with a custom image from your 3d software like Sketchup
and the cool thing about a character billboard
is that it automatically faces the camera no matter where you go
pretty cool huh
number four clip plane outline
Lumion has updated the clip plane tool to make it look even better
to add a clip plane go to utilities and select clip plane and now you can place it in your model
then you can adjust it however you want such as refining the position
or select a specific layer to clip
in Lumion 12 you can now add an outline along the edge of the visible geometry that's clipped
and here you can change the color and the width of the outline
this new feature is great for creating 3D floor plans like so
number five license plates
another new feature that's been added to Lumion 12 is license plates
to use it select a car object in your scene
then you can click here to enable license plates
now you can choose from a collection of license plates from 10 different countries include Australia
China
France etc
as well as all of the 50 states in the U.S.
you can see that the license plate also look really good up close and they're pretty realistic
these license plates are added in both the front and the back of the car
if you've noticed you can see that this new feature will affect the license plates of all the car objects in your scene
so you don't have to spend time on turning on the license plates for each car
also the numbers of the license plates are randomized which makes each of them unique
pretty cool huh
number six improve material workflows
like in every Lumion update there are always new material being added to the materials library
however in Lumion 12
the materials workflow has been updated
in the previous version of Lumion
you could only load the color map normal map and displacement map
but if you want to add a map for reflectivity
you had to use photoshop to combine maps to achieve a more realistic effect
now in Lumion 12 all these maps can be added separately
you will see a new input slot for the glossiness map
as well as a slot for the reflectivity map
which can also serve as the alpha or emissiveness map
with this new workflow the materials in Lumion can now look even more realistic
number seven volumetric spotlights
volume mentioned spotlight snow effect
that lets you cast a visible beam of light throughout your scene
to use it go to the photo or movie mode
click on add effect and in the lighting category
you will find a new volumetric spotless effect
next you can click on this button then select the lights that you want to apply the effect
then you can adjust the density intensity and falloff
as you can see the volumetric spotlight effect is a great way to add atmosphere and dimension for a beautiful cinematic ambience
number eight light temperature
another improvement for lighting in Lumion is the new light temperature feature
normally you can control the color of the light using this button here
but now next to the color tab you will see a new tab which lets you control the light temperature
here you can use the presets which will directly affect the color temperature in kelvin degrees
on the other hand if you want a specific temperature you can type it in here as well
with this new feature it takes a few seconds to create a perfect lighting ambience for your design
number nine improved autumn effect the autumn effects has been improved in Lumion 12.
in the previous versions of Lumion you had to manually adjust the color correction of the leaves
to achieve an out of effect
but in Lumion 12
the autumn effect had three presets so you can use
to quickly change the color of the leaves in your scene
if you want to customize it even more then you can use these sliders and settings down here
you can combine this new feature with other effects to quickly give your scene another atmosphere
number 10 other features
there are also other new features and updates such as the updated open street maps
new context menus
and the Autodesk FormIt Livesync feature etc
and those are the new features in Lumion 12
if you want to learn more then go to the link in the description box below
that's all for today guys
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next time