What do you get when you buy Lumion?
When you buy Lumion, you receive a Standard or Pro version that you can keep. A single license is usable on any number of computers, by any number of people. Simultaneous use (running Lumion on multiple computers at the same time) is limited by the number of seats you buy.
OVERVIEW
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 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 are getting what is called a ‘floating license.’ These are effectively the same as network licenses. You can use the license indefinitely and you can install a single Lumion license key on multiple computers that belong to you (either a natural person or legal entity). 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 are getting what is called a ‘floating license.’ These are effectively the same as network licenses. You can use the license indefinitely and you can install a single Lumion license key on multiple computers that belong to you (either a natural person or legal entity). 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. |
IMPORT
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 3D model import | Collada (.DAE)
SketchUp® (.SKP) |
Collada (.DAE)
SketchUp® (.SKP) |
| 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 |
| Lightmap import: E.g. from AutoDesk® 3D Studio Max |
✓ | ✓ |
| 2D background sound/music (WAV) | ✓ | |
| Model and material variation options | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video import (MP4) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom IES spotlights | ✓ | ✓ |
OUTPUT
| Description | Lumion Standard | 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 | ✓ | ✓ |
CONTENT LIBRARY
| 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) •Children (not animated) •3D people & animal silhouettes •3D animal silhouettes •2D people silhouettes |
2,229 assets | 6903 assets |
| High-quality animated 3D people, some of which are from aXYZ Design |
111 characters | 354 characters |
| Surface Decals | N/A | 142 |
| 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 | 42 | 44 |
| Area/Line lights | ✓ | |
| Material library •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 |
59 | 59 |
| Customizable 3D grass materials | 14 | |
| Furry materials | 10 | |
| Leaf materials | 9 | |
| Volumetric fire | 8 | |
| Water presets | 20 | 20 |
| Total Materials | 1,243 materials | 1,357 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 |
✓ | ✓ |
WORKFLOW & LIVESYNC
| 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 SketchUp® •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 cross section •Sky Drop effect |
✓ | ✓ |
| Background rendering mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom terrain material sets | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom terrain texture import | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exchange of project files for team use |
✓ | ✓ |
| Merge project files for team use |
✓ |
EFFECTS
| Description | Lumion | Lumion Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Movie and photo effects | Concept: Sketch, Pastel Sketch
Architectural: Photo Matching, Sun Study, 2-Point Perspective, Blueprint, Styrofoam, Orthographic views Lighting: Real Skies, Sun, Shadow, Reflection, Sky Light, Hyperlight, God Rays, Global Illumination, Volumetric Sunlight Sky & Weather: Sky and Clouds, Fog, Contrails, Volume Clouds, Wind, Horizon Cloud, Moon, Autumn Colors Camera: Handheld Camera, Exposure, Depth of Field, Lens Flare, Chromatic Aberrations, Fish Eye, Tilt Shift Animation: Mass Move, Fade in/out, Advanced Move, Move, Time Warp, Motion Blur, Animate Light Colors Artistic: Painting, Watercolor, Manga, Cartoon, Oil Painting Enhancements: Color Correction, Analog Color Lab, Vignette, Bloom, Sharpen, Noise, Selective Saturation, Bleach Tools/Utilities: Image Overlay, Side By Side 3D Stereo, Sound, Print Poster Enhancer, Layer Visibility, Variation Control, Near Clip Plane, Water,Material Highlight |
Concept: Sketch, Pastel Sketch
Architectural: Photo Matching, Sun Study, 2-Point Perspective, Blueprint, Styrofoam, Orthographic views Lighting: Real Skies, Sun, Shadow, Reflection, Sky Light, Hyperlight, God Rays, Global Illumination, Volumetric Sunlight Sky & Weather: Sky and Clouds, Fog, Contrails, Volume Clouds, Wind, Horizon Cloud, Moon, Autumn Colors Camera: Handheld Camera, Exposure, Depth of Field, Lens Flare, Chromatic Aberrations, Fish Eye, Tilt Shift Animation: Mass Move, Fade in/out, Advanced Move, Move, Time Warp, Motion Blur, Animate Light Colors Artistic: Painting, Watercolor, Manga, Cartoon, Oil Painting Enhancements: Color Correction, Analog Color Lab, Vignette, Bloom, Sharpen, Noise, Selective Saturation, Bleach Tools/Utilities: Image Overlay, Side By Side 3D Stereo, Sound, Print Poster Enhancer, Layer Visibility, Variation Control, Near Clip Plane, Water,Material Highlight |
| Pro only effects | Concept: Outlines
Lighting: Volumetric Spotlights Sky & Weather: Aurora Borealis, Precipitation Animation: Animated Phasing, Titles Artistic: AI Artist Styles Tools/Utilities: Sound |
|
| Hyperlight® 2 in Photo and Video as an effect |
✓ | ✓ |
| OmniShadow® | ✓ | ✓ |
| Materials Physically-based rendering |
✓ | ✓ |
| Weathering for materials | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transparency for materials | ✓ | ✓ |
| PureGlass® | ✓ | |
| Foliage for materials | ✓ | |
| Special effects: 112 effects | 104 effects, including 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 | 112 effects, including 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 |
MISCELLANEOUS
| Description | Lumion Standard | 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 | ✓ | ✓ |
COMPARISON
| Description | Lumion | Lumion Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Animated phasing | ✓ | |
| Rain streaks | ✓ | |
| Volumetric fire | ✓ | |
| Metallic car shader | ✓ | |
| OpenStreetMaps with satellite and height maps | ✓ | |
| Metallic car shader | ✓ | |
| OpenStreetMaps + satellite maps | ✓ | |
| Fine-detail Nature | ✓ | |
| Aurora Borealis | ✓ | |
| Customizable 3D Grasses | ✓ | |
| Precipitation | ✓ | |
| Furry materials | ✓ | |
| Soften hard edges | ✓ | |
| Speedray™ Reflections | ✓ | |
| PureGlass® | ✓ | ✓ |
| Foliage for materials | ✓ | |
| Area and line lights | ✓ | |
| Model library | 2,229 assets | 6,903 assets |
| Animated 3D people and animals, some from AXYZ Design | 111 characters | 354 characters |
| Ambient sound effects | No Sound Effects | 123 Sound Effects |
| 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 | ✓ |
