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Lumion 3D Cookbook

You're reading from   Lumion 3D Cookbook Revolutionize your Lumion skills with over 100 recipes to create stunning architectural visualizations.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783550937
Length 258 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ciro Cardoso Ciro Cardoso
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Importing in Lumion FREE CHAPTER 2. Placing the Content 3. Manipulating and Controlling 3D Models 4. Constructing Your World 5. Controlling the Weather 6. Working with Lumion Materials 7. Special Features 8. Getting Realism with Camera Effects 9. Non-photorealistic Effects 10. Bringing Your World to Life 11. Creating Videos 12. Rendering 13. Lighting Index

Working with reflection control

An additional possibility to improve the reflections in our renders is the use of a reflection control object. This is the easiest way to add more accurate reflections to the glass surfaces and other elements that produce reflectivity. This proves specially useful when creating interior lighting, and because we are already making good use of spotlights, the use of a reflection control object can provide an extra touch to our renders without increasing the render time. Let's see how we can use the reflection control object in Lumion.

Getting ready

In order to fully understand and see the effect of the reflection control object, we need a scene with reflective surfaces, in particular, windows where it will be easier to see the results.

How to do it…

To add a reflection control object to your project, perform the following steps:

  1. In the Build mode, open the Objects menu that is found on the left-hand side of the screen.
  2. Click on the Lights and special...
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