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Mastering Lumion 3D

You're reading from   Mastering Lumion 3D Master the art of creating real-time 3D architectural visualizations using Lumion 3D

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783552030
Length 286 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ciro Cardoso Ciro Cardoso
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Preface 1. Getting Ready for Lumion 3D FREE CHAPTER 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 Index

Non-photorealistic rendering


Non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) is the use of artistic techniques to create an image or a movie without the realism component. In other words, the image or movie still represents the structure or the environment, but not in a photorealistic way.

What are some artistic ways to create NPRs? There was life before 3D and proof of this is the fantastic paintings from some famous artists that represent buildings and places. With just a few strokes and much less detail, these artists managed to bring to us beautiful places and times that otherwise would be lost forever.

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If you are interested in seeing some examples of paintings of buildings, search for works from the following artists:

Perrot Ferdinand-Victor, Beggrov Karl Petrovich, Paterssen Benjamin, and Grekov Alexei Angiliyevich, to mention a few.

What did the artists use to produce such beautiful pieces of art? We do not have only oil paintings, but also impressionism, cell shading, stippling, cross-hatching...

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