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Lumion Specifications

This page shows the specifications commercial editions. For more information on educational editions click the link below:

Educational

Lumion 3.0 is the latest version of Lumion. If you want to know more about what is new then click the following link:

New in Lumion 3.0

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Description Lumion® Lumion® Pro
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Price € 1499.- € 2999.-
Description Standard version of Lumion with most features and some content. Ideal for freelancers and small companies. Professional version of Lumion with all features and content. The optimal solution for professional visualization studios.
3D Model import: DWG, DXF, DAE, FBX, MAX, 3DS, OBJ
(MAX file import requires a 3D Studio Max installation)		 • •
Image import: TGA, DDS, PSD, JPG, BMP, HDR, PNG • •
Lightmap import: E.g. from AutoDesk® 3D Studio Max • •
2D background sound/music import (WAV) • •
Video texture (MP4 video as texture) • •
Output to video (MP4) Max 2560 x 1440p Max 2560 x 1440p
Output to image sequence Max 2560 x 1440p Max 2560 x 1440p
Output video frame rates 25/30/60/200 25/30/60/200
Output to print resolution images Max 7680×4320 Max 7680×4320
Output of depth-maps, normalmaps, lighting map, sky alpha map • •
Output to real-time fly-through via Lumion Viewer •
Output of background music/sound in MP4 •
Background rendering mode • •
Custom terrain material sets • •
Custom terrain texture import • •
Easy exchange of Lumion projects between Pro users •
Model library

  • Plants and trees (affected by wind)
  • Transport models (Cars, busses, boats etc)
  • Exterior models (Street furniture, buildings etc)
  • Interior models (Furniture, decoration etc)
  • Animated adults (Walk cycles or idle animations)
  • Animated animals (Birds, farm animals, pets, fish)
  • Children (not animated)
  • 3D people & animal silhouettes
  • 3D animal silhouettes
  • 2D people silhouettes
 709 models
View library		 2078 models
View library
High quality animated characters 32
3D Sound Effects

  • Ambient sounds (nature, locations, etc)
  • People
  • Things (Cars, machines, etc)
 103
Material library: 518 materials

  • 459 stock materials
  • 50 terrain materials
  • 9 customizable material types (water, glass, billboard, lightmap etc)
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Environment & Weather

  • 28 Landscape types
  • 6 Water types
  • Customizable weather (Cloud cover, sun position etc)
  • 1 Ocean with waves slider, turbidity, color etc
  • 1 Waterfall material
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Scene editor

  • Easy model placement
  • Intuitive material editing
  • Landscape editing and rendering
  • Advanced sky and cloud rendering
  • Realistic water rendering
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20 Scene Layers
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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
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Animation

  • Animation import (move/rotate/scale animations via FBX files)
  • Advanced animation (Curved animations, multiple keyframes)
  • Animated cross section
  • Sky Drop effect
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Movie Effects

  • Global Illumination
  • Smart sharpen
  • Painting
  • Depth of field
  • Lens flare
  • Watercolor
  • Sketch
  • Manga
  • Rain
  • Snow
  • Handheld camera
  • Contrail
  • Fisheye
  • Chromatic Abberations
  • White Balance
  • Selective Saturation
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Special effects: 82 effects

  • 29 Examples of fountains and “water walls”
  • 16 Examples of fire effects
  • 20 Examples of smoke effects
  • 5 Examples of dust effects
  • 6 Examples of fog effects
  • 6 Examples of steam effects
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Internet connection required • •
Commercial use (royalty free) • •

Model import

  • Trimble® Sketchup®
  • Graphisoft ArchiCAD
  • Nemetscheck Allplan
  • Autodesk® AutoCAD®
  • Autodesk® Revit®
  • Autodesk® Maya®
  • Autodesk® 3DS Max®
  • Design Express®
  • Cinema 4D®
  • And many more…

Supported input models

  • Collada (.DAE)
  • Autodesk® (.FBX)
  • Autodesk® (.DWG)
  • Autodesk® (.DXF)
  • 3DS Max® (.MAX)
  • 3DS Max® (.3DS)
  • Wavefront (.OBJ)

Supported input images

  • TGA
  • BMP
  • JPG
  • DDS
  • PNG
  • PSD
  • You can import lightmaps
Output video formats

  • Image sequence: JPG, TGA, BMP, DDS, PNG, DIB, PFM
  • MP4 (AVC codec)

Output video resolutions

  • 640×360 (480p)
  • 1280×720 (720p)
  • 1920×1080 (1080p)
  • 2560×1440 (1440p)

Output image resolutions

  • 1280×720 (0.9 Megapixel)
  • 1920×1080 (2.1 Megapixel)
  • 3840×2160 (8.4 Megapixel)
  • 7680×4320 (33.2 Megapixel)


Hardware requirements

Minimum system requirements
OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 (32- and 64-bit) and DirectX 9.0c or later. Windows 32-bit is only suitable for simple scenes.
System memory: 3GB (for simple scenes)
Graphics card: NVidia GeForce GTS 450 or ATI/AMD Radeon HD 4890 (minimum 1,500 PassMark points), with at least 1GB dedicated memory (not shared system memory).
Harddrive: 7.5GB of disk space
Using Lumion via Remote Desktop is not supported
Lumion 3 requires an internet connection



Recommended system specifications
OS: Windows 7, 8 (64-bit)
System memory: 6GB
Graphics card: NVidia GTX 680 / AMD Radeon HD 7970 or faster (minimum 4,000 PassMark points), with at least 2GB dedicated memory (not shared system memory).
Harddrive: 7.5GB of disk space
Using Lumion via Remote Desktop is not supported
Lumion 3 requires an internet connection

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