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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

Working with Horizon and Volume Clouds


The first effect that we will see is called Horizon Cloud and can be found under the Weather tab. The settings available are very simple because we can only change the amount and the type of clouds and add some softness to the clouds, but the final result will be something like this:

What is the benefit of using this effect? In some situations, we may not have enough environments to be reflected into glass surfaces and instead of having an ugly reflection of the horizon line, with this effect, we can add a nice cloud to break that line. If you find it difficult to see the clouds, press the U key to render it with high quality.

The other effect is a little bit more complex and is called Volume Clouds, which creates a really 3D cloud. The benefit of using these types of clouds is the opportunity to create animations flying through the cloud. The other benefit that helps improve the realism is that these types of clouds produce real-time shadows, as shown...

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