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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

Configuring the Near Clip Distance effect

This next feature can be used to add both an object and an effect to our scene. In the first instance, we can go to the Objects menu in the Build menu and find this feature under the Lights and special objects submenu. Almost the same feature can be applied and animated using the Near Clip Distance effect as we are going to see in this recipe. We are also going to see why this effect will be useful while producing technical or conceptual illustrations.

Getting ready

To understand this effect in a better way, we can add any house from the Lumion library. We can also create a small clip where the camera path is going through a house and we will see why. This effect can also be used in the Photo mode.

How to do it…

To add the Near Clip Distance effect to one of your clips, perform the following steps:

  1. Select the clip and using the New effect button, add the Near Clip Distance effect.
  2. This effect can be found under the Camera tab.
  3. Start adjusting the...
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