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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

Bringing people to life

Lumion presents us with the opportunity to boost architectural visualizations by introducing animated people. We can bring a walk-through to a professional level by using animated people walking around buildings and other elements in our project. Going from point A to point B in a straight line is easy and it can be done using the Move effect, but things start to get complicated when we need to animate a person on a more complex path. Let's see how we can create more complex animations using Lumion.

Getting ready

Before we start, it is good to remember that there is a difference between an animated person and a person involved in a walk cycle. The first type is an idle element, but with a loop animation. The second type of person is the one we need for this recipe, and as soon as we place them in the scene, they start walking without actually moving. This is why we need to use the Advanced move effect.

How to do it…

To create more complex animations, perform...

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