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Lumion3D Best Practices

You're reading from   Lumion3D Best Practices Explore the best practices to build architectural visualizations efficiently in Lumion 3D

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783550852
Length 166 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ciro Cardoso Ciro Cardoso
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Preface 1. Getting Ready with Lumion 3D 2. Importing and Handling 3D Models FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating an Interior Scene with Lumion 4. Creating an Exterior Scene with Lumion 5. Working with Physically Based Materials 6. Animation Techniques in Lumion 7. Producing a Still Image with Lumion 8. Producing a Movie with Lumion 9. Exporting and Post Production Index

Rendering using the Movie mode


Before we go even further, there is another good practice you should take into consideration. The reality is that you can watch a movie over and over on the viewport but it is only when you export a movie that you can perceive some errors and mistakes. For that reason, it is time-saving exporting a movie with draft quality but with a relatively good resolution. Initially, this may sound counter-productive, but it helps you in checking if there is a need for any further adjustment at the same time, it is something you can send to the client to receive the final approval.

We covered still images but what about exporting a movie? The first decision you need to make is how you are going to export the movie, and the following screenshot shows the two possibilities you have in doing so:

The Save Movie button assembles all the clips into a big movie and this may be something you want when working with small animations. However, when you have a movie around 5 minutes...

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