What is light map in Lumion?

What is a Lumion light map?

In a nutshell: Lightmaps are the pre-rendered illumination of a scene. Deeper general informations here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightmap. If you use 3dsmax, for lumion you have to create a standard material with diffuse-texture on mapping-channel 1.

What is global illumination Lumion?

The Global Illumination Effect in Lumion analyses surfaces that are lit up by the sun or by artificial light sources. The Effect then places probe lights that emit light in all directions near the lit surfaces to simulate reflected light. These probe lights are reshuffled when the sun and other objects move in a video.

How do you select all lights in Lumion?

De-select all objects.

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How do you rotate a light on a Lumion line?

1. Lumion 9.0 and newer versions

1. 1.1: Click on the Objects tab followed by the Rotate button (or hotkey R ):
2. 1.2: Click on an object or on the small circular Object Icon to select it. …
3. 1.3: Adjust the three Orientation sliders, or double-click on a slider to type in an angle between -180 and 180 degrees.

How do I make Lumion renders more realistic?

When rendering, you should enable “Speedray reflections” and put reflection planes on big, flat surfaces. Tweak the glossiness slider of the floor and ceiling materials. Making your materials a little more reflective will be always better than static, non-reflective surfaces.

How do you turn off lights on Lumion?

Re: Turn Lights off? Hi Lorne, it is currently not possible to animate the light properties, so you can’t make them switch off or fade at sunset.