Using special formats
Lumion gives us the opportunity to export different render passes. Render passes or render elements are the raw elements produced by the rendering engine that are used together to create the final image. These special formats can be extracted and combined with software that supports composition using layers. The reason why we do this is to get much greater control and tweak the look of the final image. Let's see how we can export these render passes and some of their practical applications.
Getting ready
Before we start, it is good to identify which render passes we can obtain from Lumion. We can export six render passes: Depthmap, Normalmap, SpecularReflection map, Lighting map, Sky alpha map, and Material ID.
How to do it…
To export the aforementioned render passes from Lumion, perform the following steps:
Go to the Movie mode and click on the Save movie button.
A new window will open and in order to export the render passes, you can either select the Images tab if you...
