Chapter 4. Creating an Exterior Scene with Lumion
Each type of project has challenges, and when working with exterior scenes this is no different. Light and shadows are covered by the exterior lighting system, but you still need to plan the best way to approach an exterior scene. Are we talking about a massive urban environment or a complex landscape? Are we preparing a still image or an animation? These are only a few examples of the several aspects that need to be kept in mind while working with Lumion, because there are different tools that can be used in each situation.
In this chapter, you are going to learn the best practices for working with the Landscape menu to achieve the following:
- Planning your scene
- The Merge scene feature
- The Landscape menu
- Landscape types
- Creating coast and valley scenes
- Creating rivers and ponds
- Using the Height and Terrain submenus
- Working with heightmaps
- Tools for creating heightmaps
- Imported terrains and the landscape material
- Creating a lawn using the...
