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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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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

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

Special effects – fire, smoke, and fog


As mentioned in the introduction of this chapter, the eye for detail and the attention that we give to the details can make a massive difference between a reasonable scene and an eye-catching scene. This is not exaggerating the reality because if you have followed the instructions and techniques from the examples in this book, you have experienced this first-hand. After applying the techniques showed in this book, you may have made your visualization much more realistic. Now, let's see how we can use these effects and explore some practical applications.

Fire, smoke, and fog are elements that can be placed on the scene in the same way we place a 3D model. We need to open Objects Library and locate the Effects button to open Effects Library, as shown in the following screenshot:

It is amazing to find what is available inside this library, but it's also a word of caution! Although we have these fantastic elements ready to use, adding these special effects...

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