Introduction of XI Digital Human Software Plug-in: Visualization Software LUMION

With the progress of science and technology, the rapid development of hardware and the great improvement of computer performance, the ability of CG people is getting stronger and stronger. Making large indoor scenes before, especially videos and pictures containing a lot of plants, was really a headache! The production process of static renderings is as follows: 3DMAX modeling, PS texturing, 3DMAX+VRAY rendering, PS recombination and color matching output.

The process of roaming video rendering is as follows: 3DMAX modeling \ scene building, PS texture, 3DMAX_VRAY camera animation rendering, involving a large number of plants that VRAY agents can handle, rendering video scene fragments to AE composite special effects, and finally performing scene connection, music and color matching in non-edited PR. In the past, the process was roughly the same as above, which was complicated and required teamwork. It took a long time to make, but the effect was good.

At that time, many CG people were thinking: can there be a software to make such a thing, which can be WYSIWYG, just like a game engine editing a game scene? Put some scaled models into the scene and simply adjust some parameters. Making is like building a scene in a game. The output of video and pictures is just like walking in the game, and then taking screenshots to form videos, and taking screenshots to form pictures. Of course, the rendering effect is better and more satisfactory.

Can you have such software?

Yes! Today, it's LUMION.

The software interface is concise, easy to operate and powerful. Her appearance has changed the production process of videos and images of building roaming in the past. You can now use SKETCHUP modeling, PS texturing, LUMION assembly and adjustment to directly render videos and images. Especially the roaming video of indoor and outdoor scenes, the production effect is very good, is it a static picture? The rendering effect is worse than VRAY, but the image rendered by LUMION is acceptable as a by-product of roaming video products.

Demonstration A: Changing and Adding Scene Models

1. Choose a scene of LUMION's own.

2. Click on the object to add a character library. (LUMION comes with many model libraries)

3. Find a location, and then click the left button to place the model.

4. The model has been placed in the required position. Creating a scene for children is as simple and quick as building blocks.

How good can LUMION be?

If you want to learn video editing and non-editing PR, you may be confused by menus, buttons and functions, and suddenly encounter COREL's voice and shadow. Simple and efficient, that's the feeling.

Demonstration b: randomly taking pictures to generate pictures

1, press and hold the keyboard direction key, "walk into" the room, choose a good angle and take a photo.

2. Select the output size and file name and start rendering.

3. Of course, you can also turn on HYPERLIGHT (meaning global lighting) in the lower right corner.

4. The rendered picture quality is OK. The powerful function also lies in the generation of roaming video, which is fast and efficient.

summary

Lumion is a real-time 3D visualization tool for making movies and still frames. The fields involved include architecture, planning and design. It can also provide live demonstrations. Lumion is powerful because it can provide excellent images and save you time, energy and money in combination with a fast and efficient workflow.

People can create virtual reality directly on their own computers. Lumion greatly shortens the production time by rendering HD movies faster than before. This video shows that you can create amazing architectural visualizations in seconds.

Model c: change the weather.

1. This is an example that comes with the software.

2. Adjust the time and pay attention to the change of sunlight angle.

3. Adjust and control the density of clouds.

4. Adjust the intensity of sunlight.

Remko Jacobs, technical director of Act-3D, said, "I believe we have created something very special. The biggest advantage of this software is that people can preview it directly, saving time and energy in production.

1, important functions: rendering and scene creation, reduced to only a few minutes.

Import 3D models or textures from SketchUp, Autodesk products and many other 3D packages.

By using lightning-fast GPU rendering technology, 3D scenes can be edited in real time.

Use the built-in video editor to create very attractive videos.

Output high-definition MP4 files, stereoscopic videos and print high-resolution images.

Support live demonstration.

2. Support formats

Import SKP, DAE, FBX, MAX, 3DS, OBJ, DXF.

Export TGA, DDS, PSD, JPG, BMP, HDR and PNG images.

Lumion itself contains a huge and rich content library, including buildings, cars, people, animals, streets, street decorations, floors, stones and so on.

466 kinds of materials

94 species of plants and trees

54 architectural forms

20 kinds of animated characters

84 static characters

147 species of people and animals

7 1 kinds of cars, trucks and ships

182 all kinds of street decorations (such as chairs and benches)

28 kinds of surfaces

Six forms of water

Animation figures, animation trees, animation plants, animation plants, animation animals.

5.3 New functions

The update of Lumion 5.3 contains many wonderful new features.

1. Build the scene: automatically convert the imported image into a relief form.

All Lumion materials have built-in relief definitions, but if you import images with your own materials, these images usually do not contain any relief. Usually, these images only contain color information, and do not contain any actual structure of materials. In Lumion 5.3, the Material Editor will automatically use this new function to create relief definitions for imported color images. This means that, for example, the image of imported wood will show the texture of real wood. When importing brick images, the material enhances the details and shows the depth and mortar of the brick. This is a great function!

2. Flexible object selection and moving mode

It is very easy to choose a target with Lumion 5.3. Different classified objects, such as people and trees, can be easily selected and moved in the scene. For example, you can move a furnished house or any combination of trees, cars, people and other objects. In this mode, it is easier to select the target group by clicking the left mouse button and dragging the selection box.

3, limit the axial movement

In Lumion 5.3, it is easier to restrict the movement to one axis. This prevents you from moving the target in any direction, but in the direction you want, thus saving time in adjusting the position and aiming at the target.

4. Search content function

There are more and more objects in the object library, including thousands of objects. The new search function can help you find the target object in the object library faster. For example, keywords such as oak and palm trees are easier to filter out tree libraries.

5. Still image rendering: super bright? Print resolution

Light is very important in an excellent image. Hyperlight is a method based on physics, which combines light reflections into a scene, greatly improving the quality of light sources. This patented technology was specially developed for Lumion5.

In Lumion 5.3, you can use Hyperlight to render printed poster resolution images. Thanks to this improvement, you can now create print resolution images with excellent light.

6. Render images in batches

You can render more than one picture at a time instead of one at a time. It will save a lot of time when you want to render a series of new pictures for your customers.

7. Personal effect library of single picture

Independent photos now have a separate effect library. This feature allows you to choose different effects for each photo. For example, you can set a different light source for each photo. This function, combined with the new batch image rendering function, can improve the efficiency of photo rendering workflow.

8. Making movies: A simpler analog line-of-sight camera.

Sometimes it is necessary to set a camera with the same line of sight as the human eye in Lumion to better simulate roaming. The camera path editor of Lumion 5.3 has added the line-of-sight function. The new button allows you to place the camera at eye level and quickly position it at a perfect horizontal viewing angle. This function makes it extremely easy to create a movie that roams the whole architectural design from a human perspective.

9. Check the shadow of point light source in real time.

Light sources and shadows give the work a natural feeling. Sometimes it is necessary to view the light and shadow effect display of point light source in the scene in real time. If you want to see the shadow effect of point light temporarily, just press F8.

10, import and export: import 3D model as terrain.

Usually users of Lumion will import a part of the terrain around their model. In version 5.3, part of the imported model can be marked as stratum. This function makes the imported model blend with Lumion's own terrain more natural. This function makes it easier to place objects on the imported model terrain, and also makes it easier to set the camera's line of sight height.

1 1, new reload button

One of Lumion's most popular functions is to update any model with one click. In order to use this function more simply, this button is placed in a more logical and prominent position, just below the object label.

12, imported custom color

Lumion Material Editor makes it easy to specify material colors. In version 5.3, these colors will be automatically copied from the imported colors and will be defaulted by the Material Editor as the material colors of the imported model. In the software, you can use the color slider to fine-tune the imported paving stones of a specific color until you meet your requirements in the scene.

13、Revit LT

Lumion can be compatible with many 3D model software packages such as Revit, SketchUp, ArchiCAD, Rhino, 3ds Max, All Plan, MicroStation, etc. Now it can also use Revit LT to import models, including materials. This is a good workflow improvement for Lumion users who use Revit LT to model.

14, faster and less memory.

The essence of Lumion is fast, simple and beautiful. In order to improve efficiency and speed, the import function is faster than before and requires less system resources.

The following is a static rendering of LUMION.

postscript

1. Beginners, after learning 3D software such as C4D, don't use C4D to solve all problems. That won't be efficient and effective.

A friend used to work in the office all morning and didn't come out. At lunch, I asked him what he was doing. Draw a flow chart with WORD, and it took the whole morning to get it done. He said to me happily. After dinner, I went to his office to see his "works", which were very, very ugly. I told him that I taught you how to use VISIO, and you learned it in 30 minutes. As a result, after he finished learning, he redrawn the flow chart in less than 30 minutes, which was very beautiful and professional.

In fact, the reason why we are efficient now is based on the achievements of our predecessors. For example, if you sharpen a pencil with a small knife, the effect will be very poor and slow, but if you use a special pencil sharpener, put the pencil in and shake it with your hand, it will be perfect immediately. Professional tools do professional things.

Making building roaming video, using 3D software +LUMION mode is very fast. If you want to be faster and more cost-effective, you forget that there is also a digital landscape painting technology, a few pictures.

3. I have always advocated that everyone study hard, specialize in a software, such as C4D, learn it deeply and learn the truth of 3D software. But when I solved the problem again, I didn't say that I could only use C4D. It is their "benefit" to use various special software tools and cooperate with each other. So I set up this topic and introduce a new software and plug-in to you every once in a while, with the aim of improving your work efficiency and effectiveness.

Finally, the software is simple to use, but the hardware requirements are not low. The larger the size of CPU, graphics card, memory and monitor, the better.

See article "Mainstream Desktop Configuration Arrangement". If you use a notebook, I think you can forget it. This software will put your notebook .......

Disclaimer: The pictures are from the Internet, and some of the contents are from Baidu and Manheng Software.