Anyone using Lumion w/ Sketchup
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Lumion sure looks like a very easy and powerful tool for making videos with atmosphere, volumetrics, vegetation etc.
I think it looks a bit like a game though.What about using a "real" game engine, like the CryEngine?
Has anyone here tried doing that?
http://www.crydev.net/dm_eds/download_detail.php?id=4 is a free download (non-commercial)Here's a very detailed tour through the interiors of Titanic (very jerky camera though.. )
http://wimp.com/titanicrendered/
or at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ORMEntertainment#p/u/0/-_IKqjb9TRY -
Just got the OK to purchase Lumion. Going to pick up a GTX560 tonight and get Lumion tomorrow.
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Excellent, see you on the other side.
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@bjornkn said:
I think it looks a bit like a game though.
Because it isalso a game engine driven application http://quest3d.com/
True that it is not photorealistic - but as you say, it gives a lot of wonderful effects and also very easy to use, set up a scene and extremely fast to render from there on.
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Hi Wozabee,
Some people use Lumion with 3DConnection devices. They posted info on the right configuration here http://lumion3d.com/forum/index.php?topic=1033.0
Lumion allows you to create 3D movies, for instance for Youtube3D. Max output resolution is 1080p.We continuously improve water/ocean. The latest improvements included better waves / shore realism. 3rd place of the Lumion Competition shows part of this.
Best regards,
Arthur
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I've found some time to explore Lumion. At first I thought it was too gamer like, and well, it is, but so what. Like Sketchup it isnt about photorealism, its about communication. What I think makes it exceptoinal is that its fast and easy to learn and really adds life to a model. I did two short videos. I used existing Sketchup models of the structures (not the landform)and manipulated the topography in Lumion. Overall I've been very impressed with the software. Its way more stable than I would have thought; I can see it working its way into my workflow. If you interested check out my video.
All comments welcome
Lumion comes with a full dose of 'fun factor'
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Well, I finally got around to trialling Lumion.
Very disappointed. Not in Lumion itself, but what I learned i needed to run it.
My home PC is an intel quad core with Space navigator, lots of ram, and an Nvidia Qudaro FX1700 GPU.
Lumion ran at about 1 frame per...week, would only recognise 2 axis of the navigator (have latest drivers) which, I think conflicted with the mouse badly, as itwould only pan/tilt in very small bits as if it were frustratedly fighting something.Looking at Lumion's minimum specs on their forum referred me to this site: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
which told me my home card had a score of only 437! waaay lower than the 1500 needed for even the simplest stuff.
This also told me why my WORK PC with its Quadro FX 4600 card (about $2000 worth!) was going soooo slow also, with a Passmark score of only 875!!!Wish now I'd just bought a Gforce GTX 580 - with a Passmark of nearly 4000, its only about $500.
Although its going to be hard to convince work to front that cash up just to TRIAL Lumion to see if it benifits - let alone, convincing the MISSUS on my home PC.
I think they really need to explain this issue somewhere more accessible to prospective buyers, rather than buried in their forum.
Rant over.
Cheers,
Woz
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Woz,
It's the shape of things to come unfortunately.
Most render apps will either be GPU or a hybrid of GPU and CPU soon.
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Both apps are Very easy to use.
A test. sketchup w/ lumion
http://youtu.be/yXkRmNi1QcoLumion runs on my amd x6 1090 4ghz w/ 16gb 1866, video geforce gtx590 3072mb gddr5
also on my laptop with a centrino and only 3gbs with basic video card
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