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Mastering Lumion 3D

You're reading from   Mastering Lumion 3D Master the art of creating real-time 3D architectural visualizations using Lumion 3D

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783552030
Length 286 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ciro Cardoso Ciro Cardoso
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Preface 1. Getting Ready for Lumion 3D FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating a Project in Lumion 3. Importing 3D Models 4. Applying and Creating Materials 5. Creating Your 3D World 6. Lighting in Lumion 7. Creating Realistic Visualizations 8. Non-photorealistic Visualizations with Lumion 9. Animation Techniques 10. Creating Walk-through Visualizations Index

Playing safe with the Broadcast Safe effect


Firstly, this is something that will only be useful if your movie will be broadcast on TV. For television, there are two main video formats:

  • National Television Standards Committee (NTSC)

  • Phase Alternating Line (PAL)

The countries that use the PAL system are North America, Japan, and South Korea, and the NTSC is used in most of Europe, Australia, and large parts of Asia and Africa. This is the reason why some DVDs from Europe may not play in North America.

Did you notice that Lumion has everything? Yes, Lumion has an effect that can safeguard you in case you need to export the movie in the NTSC or PAL format.

The Broadcast Safe effect for some reason is found under the Artistic tab, and once we apply this effect, there are two options:

  • NTSC: Here, you need to use 30 frames per second

  • PAL: Here, you need to use 25 frames per second

At this stage, if you are happy with the entire movie and eager to render the clips for different countries, move to the...

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