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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

Using the Titles effect

In some instances, it is necessary that we add text to explain a concept, introduce a material, or guide the viewer throughout the walk-through. In Lumion, we have an option to add text to the scene, but this always doesn't fulfill the requirements we have and it lacks diversity. However, it is possible to add text directly to a movie and control it using some remarkably simple settings. Let's see how we can use the Titles effect.

Getting ready

To apply this effect, we need at least one clip in the Movie mode.

How to do it…

To add text to your clip, perform the following steps:

  1. After you select the clip, you need to add a new effect.
  2. Click on the New effect button, and from the Style tab, select the Titles effect.
  3. A module is added to the movie interface, as you can see in the following screenshot:
    How to do it…
  4. Start by typing the text in the white field, as you can see in the previous screenshot.
  5. Then, change the Start At (%) setting to 10. This means that if your clip...
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