Introduction

Non-photorealistic render (NPR) is the use of artistic illustration techniques to translate a 3D environment into an image or video that does not seem to be realistic. Some NPR techniques involve the use of cross-hatching, outlines, cell shading, stippling, and impressionism, and the purpose of these techniques is to create visualizations with a style that is not constrained by the precision, fidelity, and perfection of the real world.

Lumion provides a combination of effects that can really imitate some of these techniques, but there is no such thing as automatic art. Making art is a creative, intelligent, and thoughtful process. This implies the truth that to produce an artistic and eye-catching visualization that communicates with the viewer, we need to do more than just add a nice effect. We need to use Lumion's tools to achieve our goal and not let these tools dictate what we can do. This chapter is aimed to present to you some of Lumion's artistic effects, explain what...