Lumion 11.3 Features

Discover all the features, tools, content and effects in Lumion

Overview of features in Lumion and Lumion Pro

Description	Lumion	Lumion Pro
Price	€ 1499.-*	€ 2999.-*
Description	Standard version of Lumion with limited library content and features.	Professional version of Lumion with all content and features.
Perpetual floating license	When you buy Lumion, you can use the license indefinitely. You can install a single Lumion license key on any number of computers, by any number of people. If two or more people want to use a single Lumion license key on different computers at the same time, then you need to add seats to your license.	When you buy Lumion, you can use the license indefinitely. You can install a single Lumion license key on any number of computers, by any number of people. If two or more people want to use a single Lumion license key on different computers at the same time, then you need to add seats to your license.
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Description	Lumion	Lumion Pro
3D model import	Collada (.DAE) SketchUp® (.SKP) Autodesk® (.FBX) Autodesk® (.DWG) Autodesk® (.DXF) 3DS Max® (.MAX) 3DS Max® (.3DS) Wavefront (.OBJ)	Collada (.DAE) SketchUp® (.SKP) Autodesk® (.FBX) Autodesk® (.DWG) Autodesk® (.DXF) 3DS Max® (.MAX) 3DS Max® (.3DS) Wavefront (.OBJ)
Image import	TGA DDS PSD JPG BMP PNG	TGA DDS PSD JPG BMP PNG
Material map import	Color map Normal map Displacement map	Color map Normal map Displacement map
Video import (MP4)	•	•
Lightmap import: E.g. from AutoDesk® 3D Studio Max	•	•
2D background sound/music (WAV)		•
Model and material variation options	•	•

Description	Lumion	Lumion Pro
Output image formats	JPG TGA BMP PNG	JPG TGA BMP PNG
Output image resolution	1280×720 (0.9 Megapixel) 1920×1080 (2.1 Megapixel) 3840×2160 (8.4 Megapixel) 7680×4320 (33.2 Megapixel)	1280×720 (0.9 Megapixel) 1920×1080 (2.1 Megapixel) 3840×2160 (8.4 Megapixel) 7680×4320 (33.2 Megapixel)
Output video formats	MP4 (AVC codec) JPG TGA BMP PNG	MP4 (AVC codec) JPG TGA BMP PNG
Output video resolution	640×360 (480p) 1280×720 (720p) 1920×1080 (1080p) 2560×1440 (1440p) 3840×2160 (4K)	640×360 (480p) 1280×720 (720p) 1920×1080 (1080p) 2560×1440 (1440p) 3840×2160 (4K)
Output video frame rates	25/30/60/200	25/30/60/200
Output to image sequence	Max 3840 x 2160p	Max 3840 x 2160p
Output to MyLumion® 360 Panoramas	•	•
Output 360 panoramas for the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift	•	•
Output of Depth Maps, Normal Maps, Lighting Maps, Sky Alpha Maps, Reflection Maps and Material ID Maps	•	•
Output of sound in MP4	•	•

Description	Lumion	Lumion Pro
Object library •Fine-detail nature •Plants and trees (affected by wind) •Transport models (cars, buses, boats etc) •Exterior models (street furniture, buildings etc) •Interior models (furniture, decoration etc) •Animated 3D people •Animated animals (birds, farm animals, pets, fish) • Animated children •3D people & animal silhouettes •3 silhouette options	1,928 models View library	5,840 models View library
High-quality animated 3D people, some from AXYZ Design	118 characters	367 characters
3D sound effects •Ambient sounds (nature, locations, etc) •People •Things (Cars, machines, etc)		123 sound effects
Title effect styles	14 basic styles	27 styles
Text-in-3D-Scene		•
Lights and utilities	37	43
Area/Line lights		•
Material library categories •Various terrain materials •Nature, Indoor, Outdoor materials •10 customizable material types (water, glass, billboard, lightmap etc) •Custom materials library	•	•
PureGlass® stock materials		81
HDRI skies	39	44
Customizable 3D grass materials		14
Furry materials		10
Leaf stock materials		9
Volumetric fire		8
Water presets	20	20
Total materials	1,178 materials	1,292 materials
Materials with displacement mapping	229 materials	229 materials
HQ Materials from Poliigon	252 Poliigon materials	252 Poliigon materials
Environment & weather •Real Skies •42 landscape types •6 water types •Customizable weather (cloud cover, sun position etc) •Ocean with waves slider, turbidity, color etc •Waterfall material	•	•

Description	Lumion	Lumion Pro
Scene editor •Easy model placement •Intuitive material editing •Landscape editing and rendering •Advanced sky and cloud rendering •Realistic water rendering	•	•
•LiveSync® for AutoCAD® •LiveSync® for SketchUp® •LiveSync® for Revit® •LiveSync® for ArchiCAD® •LiveSync® for Rhino 6® •LiveSync® for Vectorworks® •LiveSync® for BricsCAD®	•	•
Upgraded OpenStreetMap import (with height and satellite maps)		•
20 Scene Layers	•	•
Movie editor •Intuitive camera animation editor •Animated models •Sun/sky animations •Add title screens, scene and post-processor effects •3D output for side-by-side stereoscopic 3D playback	•	•
Animation •Animation import (move/rotate/scale animations via FBX files) •Advanced animation (Curved animations, multiple keyframes) •Animated effects	•	•
Background rendering mode	•	•
Custom terrain material sets	•	•
Custom terrain texture import	•	•
Exchange of project files for team use	•	•
Merge project files for team use		•

Description	Lumion	Lumion Pro
Movie and photo effects	Sun effects Sun, God Rays, Sun Study, Volumetric Sunlight Weather effects Fog Sky effects Real Skies, Sky and Clouds, Contrails, Volume Clouds, Horizon Cloud, Moon Objects Water, Layer Visibility, Autumn Colors Camera Tilt Shift, Orthographic view, Photo Matching Handheld Camera, Exposure, 2-point Perspective, Depth of Field, Lens Flare, Chromatic Aberrations, Fish Eye Animation Animate Light Colors, Time Warp Artistic 1 Outlines, Color Correction, Pastel Sketch, Image Overlay, Sketch, Sharpen, Painting, Vignette, Noise, Watercolor Artistic 2 Bloom, Analog Color Lab, Manga, Styrofoam, Selective Saturation, Bleach, Cartoon, Material Highlight, Blueprint, Oil Painting, AI Artist Styles Advanced Shadow, Reflection, Print Poster Enhancer, Sky Light 2, Hyperlight, Near Clip Plane, Global Illumination	Sun effects Sun, God Rays, Sun Study, Volumetric Sunlight Weather effects Fog, Precipitation Sky effects Real Skies, Sky and Clouds, Contrails, Volume Clouds, Horizon Cloud, Moon Objects Water, Layer Visibility, Autumn Colors Camera Tilt Shift, Orthographic view, Photo Matching, Handheld Camera, Exposure, 2-point Perspective, Depth of Field, Lens Flare, Chromatic Aberrations, Fish Eye Animation Animated phasing, Animate Light Colors, Time Warp Artistic 1 Outlines, Color Correction, Pastel Sketch, Image Overlay, Sketch, Sharpen, Painting, Vignette, Noise, Watercolor Artistic 2 Bloom, Analog Color Lab, Manga, Styrofoam, Selective Saturation, Bleach, Cartoon, Material Highlight, Blueprint, Oil Painting, AI Artist Styles Advanced Shadow, Reflection, Print Poster Enhancer, Sky Light 2, Hyperlight, Near Clip Plane, Global Illumination
Movie only effects	Move, Advanced Move, Sky Drop, Variation control, Mass Move (curved), Motion Blur, Fade in/out, Titles, Wind, Sound, Side by Side 3D Stereo	Animated phasing, Move, Advanced Move, Sky Drop, Variation control, Mass Move (curved), Motion Blur, Fade in/out, Titles, Wind, Sound, Side by Side 3D Stereo
Pro only effects		Aurora borealis, Atmospheric rain and snow, Speedray® Reflections
Hyperlight® 2 in Photo and Video modes	•	•
OmniShadow®	•	•
Materials Physically-based rendering	•	•
Weathering for materials	•	•
Transparency for materials	•	•
PureGlass®		•
Foliage for materials		•
Special effects: 112 effects		8 types of volumetric fire, 3 types of falling leaves, 48 types of fountains and “water walls”, 16 types of regular fire effects, 20 types of smoke effects, 5 types of dust effects, 6 types of fog effects, 6 types of steam effects

Description

Lumion

Lumion Pro

Languages

English (default language), Chinese, Chinese (TW), Czech,

Danish, Dutch, French, German,

Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese,

Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (BR),

Russian, Spanish (ES), Turkish, Slovak

English (default language), Chinese, Chinese (TW), Czech,

Danish, Dutch, French, German,

Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese,

Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (BR),

Russian, Spanish (ES), Turkish, Slovak

Internet connection required

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Description	Lumion	Lumion Pro
Floating licenses	•	•
Real Skies	•	•
Animated phasing		•
Rain streaks		•
Volumetric fire		•
Metallic car shader		•
OpenStreetMaps + satellite maps		•
Fine-detail Nature		•
Aurora Borealis		•
Photo Matching	•	•
OpenStreetMaps (and height maps)		•
Customizable 3D Grasses		•
Atmospheric rain and snow		•
Furry materials		•
Hand-drawn outline effect	•	•
Soften hard edges		•
Tilt Shift	•	•
Model and material variation options	•	•
Measuring tool and grid object	•	•
Speedray™ Reflections		•
PureGlass®		•
Foliage for materials		•
OpenStreetMap import		•
Area lights and line lights		•
Model library	1,928 models View library	5,840 models View library
Animated 3D people and animals, some from AXYZ Design	118 characters	367 characters
Ambient sound effects	No Sound Effects	123 Sound Effects
In-project 3D Text effect	•	•
Advanced 3D Title effects	Limited Title effects	27 Title effects 12 built-in fonts Support for custom fonts
Merge project files (for projects with multiple users)		•
Output to real-time fly-through via Lumion Viewer		•
Main movie Sound effect		•
Sound output in MP4	•	•

Lumion is fully compatible with and has LiveSync plug-ins for

Lumion is fully compatible with many other 3D modeling programs, such as

And many others

Top features available in Lumion 11.3 Pro

Animated phasing

Show the process behind your design’s development or construction through the power of animation.

Orthographic views

Embed life, color and texture into all of your technical renderings, and make lively plans, sections, elevations and more.

Volumetric fire

Cast a feeling of coziness and warmth to your interior and exterior renders with volumetric fire objects.

Rain streaks

Make raindrops soothingly glide down glass surfaces, a gripping detail that would otherwise take hours to get right.

OpenStreetMaps (and height and satellite maps)

Add real-world terrain, rivers, farmland, and more in just a click.

Full content library

Craft your vision with over 6,000 models and 1,250 materials in the library.

Styles

Choose one of 8 Styles and instantly balance light, depth and realism.

Fine-detail nature

Enhance your renders with the most detail-rich 3D tree and plant models in the content library.

LiveSync

Create a seamless, real-time rendering connection between the leading CAD programs and Lumion.

Real Skies

It takes a single click to give your design a clear blue morning, a stormy afternoon or an unforgettable sunset.

Displacement mapping

Show the relief and detail on surfaces with custom or built-in displacement maps.

Photo Matching

Place your 3D model in the context provided by a real-life photograph.

Sky Light

Heighten realism and atmosphere with daylight simulation technology.

Lights and shadows

Illuminate a space with light and its story will unfold from the shadows.

Customizable 3D grasses

Turn the green spaces in your renders into beautiful, lifelike landscapes.

Paint placement

Place hundreds of nature objects in your project, as if painting on a piece of paper.

Atmospheric rain and snow

Communicate the feeling of your designs with atmospheric rain and snow.

Hand-drawn outline effect

Clearly communicate the form and shape of your building design.

Area lights and line lights

Easily create beautiful lighting arrangements that fill spaces with life.

Model and material variation

Compare multiple options, balance a range of concept options.

Foliage for materials

Show the surfaces of your design with leafy, realistic foliage.

PureGlass®

Always give your glass materials their best look with PureGlass®.

And many others…

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* Model designs on this page by Centric Bamboo and Gorilla Design, Angular Lab, Pixel-Head Studio, TEN OVER STUDIO, and Angello Marques Arquitetura e Design.