Introduction

Lumion is not an application that is intended to produce hyper-realistic images or videos. Nevertheless, in Lumion, we can find some camera effects that assist in producing a more credible still image or movie, and this chapter will be more technical as we are going to look at some vital points in photography.

The artifacts that a photographer generally wants to remove, such as chromatic aberration, vignette, and noise, are the elements we want to add to our image or video. These undesirable aspects for a photographer are what we need to add in order to make it more realistic, without overdoing it. The golden rule is that if we start to see the effect clearly, it means that it is time to stop applying it. First, we need to fully understand what an effect is before we can correctly apply it. This is because in some situations, the required effect doesn't get applied and the image or video looks artificial. So, in all the recipes in this chapter, we will explore what an...