Lumion - Test drive

Gaieus · 31 Mar 2011, 10:10

I think the contrast (between dark/ shaded and sunlight) was a bit too strong above however. Besides some presets, you can always adjust the shadow colour, exposure, brightnes and all. Obviously some kind of bloom effect comes from fog (be careful - it may be a common mistake to overdo it - like the ploy count of a nipple compared to a whole head of those poser figures) and of course, it slows rendering time down (as far as I can tell).

Fog is great however to indicate "depth" (as we know since Leonardo). Here is a 3D output with less dramatical difference between dark and light areas (again, 3D glasses are needed and the old embed code that we can use on the forums cannot get the 3D view in - only the new, iFrame code which does not work on the forums so visit YT instead via the link above the video)

YouTube - Cella Trichora Secunda 3D - Sopianae
[flash=600,360:2sy5ji56]http://www.youtube.com/v/9wwgLWx2qa4?fs=1&hl=en_US[/flash:2sy5ji56]

numbthumb · 31 Mar 2011, 15:06

I would like to know which file format do you prefer for import into Lumion? I am using SU 7.1 Free, so I guess .dae is the only choice I have ( that is, without plugins like TIG´s OBJexporter )

solo · 31 Mar 2011, 15:08

Collada works great actually, I've had no problems yet.

numbthumb · 31 Mar 2011, 15:13

OK, thanks for the info. No need for tweaking default export settings?

solo · 31 Mar 2011, 15:16

nope.

marvins_dad · 31 Mar 2011, 21:56

This was my second attempt. The thought is to animate a few existing projects and maybe the powers that be might loosen the purse strings so we can get a license.

This one is a little longer and a little more complete.

[flash=640,390:30mneckg]http://www.youtube.com/v/TcPW-hIaE6w[/flash:30mneckg]

marvins_dad · 31 Mar 2011, 22:12

Here is my first simply fly around after playing with it for about 30 minutes. I haven't modeled the parking lot yet and added a lake out front just to play with the terrain tools. I have much to learn, but it is really easy and I can see that some of the questions I have had you guys have already asked.

I did notice that the if you had the opposite side of the default material exposed to the camera, it reads it as clear...which creates holes in your model if you are looking through the model at a wall that hasn't had a texture applied. Easy to fix, but something to point out for those that haven't played with it yet.

[flash=640,390:8nypclw8]http://www.youtube.com/v/F6ulj_CDALU[/flash:8nypclw8]

marvins_dad · 31 Mar 2011, 22:13

I think I finally got it to embed...but if not...
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ulj_CDALU

marvins_dad · 31 Mar 2011, 22:16

I definitely see the need for a way to Animate/Move doors for those occasions where you want to maintain a path where you encounter a door or an object that needs to be moved out of the way.

Gaieus · 1 Apr 2011, 02:59

I have seen some mention of fbx but I have also (only) tried dae (collad) so far.
Next couple of posts I'd like to show how to import and deal with SU terrains.

Rico91 · 2 Apr 2011, 15:10

Wow! amazing..
just a test:

ps: how can i post a youtube little screen at here?
i only get a link of it..

Gaieus · 2 Apr 2011, 15:25

See how the code is below. You can use the [flas] bbcode tag to embed a video here:

[flash=600,360]http://www.youtube.com/v/Yd-wAWSCGwo[/flash]

[flash=600,360:oq47yb73]http://www.youtube.com/v/Yd-wAWSCGwo[/flash:oq47yb73]

numbthumb · 2 Apr 2011, 15:30

This one may come in handy: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=28717&p=249419&hilit=embed+YouTube+video#p249419

Gaieus · 2 Apr 2011, 15:47

Yes, thanks NTh, I was desperately looking for this topic the other day but apparently used wrong search terms (and the forum search engine definitely sucks)

Rico91 · 2 Apr 2011, 21:43

testing..

[flash=600,360:2095k3gy]http://www.youtube.com/v/irzMWqfetvI[/flash:2095k3gy]

Gaieus · 3 Apr 2011, 07:51

Cool, indeed. Even with the limited demo version you can make stunning scenes.

pilou · 3 Apr 2011, 09:10

Cool Lumion tests!

Why the video embeded on the site are not clickable for arrive on the original Youtube ?

Hieru · 3 Apr 2011, 12:27

Really informative thread!

I've got a quick question. Does all of the output feature the heavy bloom effect, or is it something you can control or even turn off?

Gaieus · 3 Apr 2011, 12:35

Bloom comes with the fog. So if no fog, no bloom. Besides, there is a couple of global settings for camera, light and brightness and such.

I was kind of overdoing the fog (it nicely represents DOF) but of course, especially with the 3D animation, you can live without it (or turn it down to something very subtle).

Hieru · 3 Apr 2011, 15:29

Thanks for the explanation