New in Lumion 3.0.
With Lumion 3.0 we set out to create a tool built around you. It is a tool designed to find your full potential so you can create amazing things.
Within 5 minutes you will be creating wonderful videos. It’s that simple.

Reflections
Global illumination
Make more realistic renderings than ever before with brand new global illumination lighting! This feature simulates light bouncing off surfaces.
When light hits a surface, a part of the light bounces back and illuminates nearby surfaces. This sophisticated extension of the lighting algorithm is an easy way to enhance the level of realism in your visualizations.
By enabling global illumination, images look warmer and more natural. And the additional subtle color tones enhance the overall look of images and movies.
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3D Sound
Add 3D ambient sounds to your scene to enhance the overall experience. The advantage of 3D sounds is that they adapt the sound volume, pitch and direction according to the position of the camera.
The rich new Sound Library makes it easy to create the perfect sound stage by providing a wide variety of ambient sounds. For example sounds of thunder, rain, crowds and much more. It is also possible to load your own music (.WAV) in the background.
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Extended model library
Most noteworthy is the addition of many new high quality plant and tree models. The new models come in a variety of shapes and sizes and look more realistic and beautiful than ever before.
The new tree clusters will let you populate an area with dense forest in seconds. We have also created a whole range of new animated 3D people in a variety of everyday poses. For instance, people in swimsuits lounging in the sunshine, people who are reading a newspaper or using a laptop computer and so on.
The rest of the library has also been overhauled. Both with upgrades of existing models as well as with brand new ships and boats, aircraft, garden furniture, buildings and many other models.
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Video Textures
Amazing skies
Lumion already had one of the most sophisticated sky rendering systems in the industry. With Lumion 3.0, your visualizations will reach unprecedented levels of beauty and realism.
Where other visualization software rely on simple background images of skies, Lumion lets you create your own fully customizable sky. You can define the lighting, density and shape of the clouds for example.
Lumion clouds move with the wind and react to sunlight as the environment changes. Another major new feature is the Volumetric Clouds effect. For the first time, you will now be able to fly through the clouds and the clouds even cast shadows on the world below.
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Editor enhancements
A new hotkey system also shows you all the hotkeys you can use in a given situation, so that you no longer have to search for advanced functions. For example if you move a model, it is now easy to see that you can press the G key to make the model snap to the terrain.
Many complicated dialog windows have also been replaced by simplified versions which still offer the same functionality but in a more user friendly way.
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Floating license system
Lumion 3.0 requires an internet connection to function
Feature comparison Lumion 3 and Lumion 3 Pro update
| Description | Lumion
(and Lumion Edu Free)
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Lumion Pro
(and Lumion Edu Pro)
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| This publication may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Product information and specifications are provided by Act-3D, B.V. “as is”, without any warranty of any kind, either express or implied. All trademarks are the property of the respective trademark owners. | ||
| Accurate reflections | • | • |
| Global Illumination | • | • |
| Accurate rendering of multiple layers of glass | • | • |
| New sky system | • | • |
| Video textures | • | • |
| Editor enhancements | • | • |
| Floating license system | • | • |
| 3D Sound | • | |
| New models | 89 | 272 |
| New HQ characters | 28 | |
| Sound effects | 103 | |
| Version | September 2012 Early bird |
November 2012 Introduction price |
January 2013 Final price |
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| This publication may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Product information and specifications are provided by Act-3D, B.V. “as is”, without any warranty of any kind, either express or implied. All trademarks are the property of the respective trademark owners. | |||
| Lumion 2 to Lumion 3 | € 349.– | € 399.– | € 499.– |
| Lumion 2 to Lumion 3 Pro | € 1499.– | € 1599.– | € 1999.– |
| Lumion 2 Ultimate to Lumion 3 Pro | € 1399.– | € 1499.– | € 1799.– |
| Lumion 2 Pro to Lumion 3 Pro | € 699.– | € 799.– | € 999.– |
| Lumion Educational Pro 2 to Lumion Educational Pro 3 |
€ 99.– | € 99.– | € 99.– |

























