How to Properly LIGHT UP Your LUMION Interior Scene with Only Lighting Effects
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- EXTERIOR version out now! • How to Properly LIGHT ...
This is a video tutorial that is meant to teach Lumion users what (in my opinion) the best way to achieve realistic lighting in the software is. My typical approach is to use the Lumion lighting system very sparingly. While I did use spotlights in this tutorial I used a strong lamp preset with a brightness of 1 (default is 300), with the sole purpose of adding a small amount of lighting to the shelf in the background. I have found the best results for using spotlights in general is to just put them on low so it helps your models have more interesting shadows, and the general lighting of your scene should be done in the Lumion post-production as I did above.
This video focuses mostly the effects that I find to be the most helpful for setting your scene, and also a few that I don't think should be typically used but thought it might be good to show for educational purposes.
Note Near the end I say the plant has great "subdivision surface" what I meant to say was "subsurface scatter" in case there is any confusion about it.
My final render, the lighting effect stack (to use in your own projects), and all of my example photos I used in the video are available here:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
The website for our business can be found at luminouslabs.ca/ , if there are any broken links or any other oddities, we apologize as we are currently in the process of upgrading and rearranging our site, however we have tried to avoid any issues as best as we can.
Timestamps for the videos:
Introduction 0:00
Raw Photo and Adding Realistic Effect Stack 2:41
Bloom Effect 3:50
Exposure 6:20
Color Correction - Temperature 7:50
Color Correction - Tint 10:05
Color Correction - Brightness 10:50
Color Correction - Contrast 11:39
Color Correction - Saturation 11:55
Color Correction - Gamma 13:25
Color Correction - Limits 15:35
Hyperlight 18:00
Sky Light 20:10
Shadow 23:50
Omnishadow 24:30
Shadow Brightness 26:08
Shadow Type 27:15
Global Illumination 27:50
Real Skies and Sun 29:10
Volumetric Sunlight 34:40
Closing Conversation 35:50 
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Finally found a channel that teaches Lumion!
I'm glad you found us! I will do other software as well in the future but the vast majority of the videos so far has been Lumion since I think there is a lot of stuff that hasn't been covered!
woah everything my prof said made no sense but this video saved my grades! thanks again, Luminous Labs!
This video helped me so much! The difference compared to the one I did before finding this video is huge. Thanks buddy!
I have been looking for a good Lumion channel, whit a quality explanation. And it seems that I finally found one. This is very helpful, thanks.
Really happy it helped Stefan! I have a few videos coming this week I think will be interesting.
Thank you for checking out the channel!
thank you for your video, the best and most needed. really helpful
This is the most useful video about lumion effects i've ever seen! Thanks, really good job man.
Thanks Matheus! Glad it was helpful. I wanted to make a video that people could keep coming back to if they weren't sure about an effect for interiors. I am going to be making one for exteriors soon.
Great detailed video man! Really helped me to better understand the settings well.
Yooo, this is sick. Thanks for the help! Super informative. Timestamps and everything.
Glad it helped!
This is what I really needed for a long time. To explain briefly all the effects on how it works. Thank you for making this video.
I’m really glad it helped you Jhonel!
I actually made a second video doing this same format but with exterior lighting. I believe there is a link in the description of video! If it’s not I can grab it for you
That's a very informative video. I appreciate the effort that went into it. Well done.
Thanks a lot! I am hoping to do one soon that focuses on exteriors or another interior one with a different setting.
great tutorial thanks
That's a lot of work . really appreciated and really usefull . subbed
Thanks Victor! This wasn’t too bad because I could brush up on my own knowledge :)
The best tutorial video for Lumion 👍👍
Thank you very much!
Thanks so much! so helpful and informative! Thanks as well for the drive file
Thanks Ana!
I really appreciate you stopping by the video!
Hats off for your hardwork and dedication towards a single video 🙏 bravo🔥
Thanks Avinash! It was one of my first videos so I wish I could go back and edit it a bit more. I could have cleaned up the way it was laid out but I think it gets the job done!
Thanks for the tutorial. Helped a lot bro.
I'm really happy to hear that! I wish I could have edited the video a bit better.
so much effort put into videos goodjob!!
Thanks a lot! This was one of the first videos I made so I wish I knew more about editing to help smooth out the transitions. This did help me a ton with Lumion though, since it let me get a better idea of what I was actually doing instead of just moving sliders around.
very informative and helpful. like it
Awesome JF! I'm glad that you found it helpful.
Thanks for checking out the channel!
Great informative video, I appeciate your material
Thanks Charles! I appreciate you checking out the channel :)
thanks learned a lot keep up the good work...
Thanks a lot! This was one of my favourite videos to make. It is definitely on the rougher side as it was one of my first videos.
Hi I just discover your videos, thanks for lumion lighting is very difficult. I also checked your web site real good work.
Thank you very much Stella! I agree lighting in Lumion is probably the most frustrating thing about the software. I have a few videos coming soon about exterior lighting that I think will be helpful as well!
We learned a lot from you ,,,,, Thank you
Thank you Adil :)
Very informative! Was wondering how did you add the City background? thanks
Great work.
Thanks Pedro! I appreciate you checking out the channel :)
nice video! but how do you render photorealistic for a project with no windows? eg inside a mall, store setting where there is no natural sunlight. Thanks!
So I just recently discovered your channel and I want to thank you for producing some very valuable content! With that said...a quick question...the reflection sphere/cube, do you know if that even matters when you add speedray reflections? The impression that I get is that speedray reflections completely negate the need for a reflection sphere...I always thought the spheres were only useful for getting impressions of accurate reflections in model/edit mode. Ive never noticed them adding any extra detail to final renderings/animations when I have speedray reflections enabled. Thoughts?
I agree with you about global illumination...it does nothing of value for me. But I personally use the sun with real skies quite often...its good for when you want to use real skies but want finer control of shadow placement.
A good way to use volumetric sunlight, as well as God Rays...I render them out as separate channels and paint them in, in pshop/post production. I do the same with Fog too. I find Lumion's sliders arent fine enough to simply bake them into the final image, for the most part.
Again, thank you for putting in the work to provide all of this useful information!
I don't think you need to worry as much about reflection control anymore. They made it so if you don't have one in photo mode it automatically sets itself to the camera. I think it is mostly used now just in case you are getting a weird reflection from the default one and have to override it. I really hop they can expand on speedray because honestly I think if they can crank that up a few levels of quality it might be really helpful!
Thank you for checking out the channel though :) It is always nice to hear that people are enjoying the videos.
thanks :)
Nice. The lighting can be frustrating for me on interiors and I'm actually always trying to get more shadows (ambient occlusion) in the corners and crevices. (I am aware of the Omnishadow and what it does) -Otherwise the renderings have no depth and come out flat. Im probably washing them out with the spotlights. Good to know to set super low. I use them because they and the sun are the only light sources that cast shadows. Also our clients wont understand if the lights aren't on and casting light and shadow. I've just recently learned that if you add a tiny amount of weathering to objects and walls it will give you a tiny bit of AO and look more natural and not computer-like. Thx for the thorough run-through on effects. :-)
Yes it does seem weird that the lighting objects would not be the best way to light the scene but getting more experienced with the lighting effects will definitely help you get more defined shadows!
Thanks!
You're welcome Cansu! Thank you for checking out the channel!
@Luminous Labs, Thank you for the hard work.
Thanks a lot! It was my one of my first videoed so it’s a bit rough but I think the information is solid. I could have used a better recording set up
Great work! I hope soon I will be able to find a time to share and make such kind of tutorials on my channel. regards!
Thanks a lot! I will keep an eye out for your videos!
very nice broo . . .
I hope it was able to help you out! Thanks for checking out the video!
good effort
Thank you :) This was one of my favorite videos to make!
nice job
Thank you very much Taynaira!
Hey man, amazing content, helps me create wonders!
Just wanted to know how you added that skybox, since I work on interiors and creating an exterior in lumion is quite time consuming and also heavy
That skybox is actually just a drone photo from evermotion. We do however use a lot of drone photos because they are very cheap and very fast.
This a condensed video of doing the hdris.
ruclips.net/video/kZd0hZVsix8/видео.html
Poly haven (website) lets you get free cc0 360 images. The only issue with these are that the most are taken from a ground level. We are looking into using our drone to capture a bunch of areas around our city of Halifax so that we can make some aerial shots available.
@@LuminousLabs Thanks man, you know how weird it looks to see grass and all that from the window of the apartment you designed which is on the 20th floor. I used to have enscape and in that you have an option for HDRIs but here unfortunately you don't, thanks for the tip I will check it out :)
damn, u are so patient and generous. hope u are doing well
Thanks a lot :) This video taught me a lot about Lumion lighting so I hope everyone else is the same!
How to you add background building image??
great detailing.... wish i could do the same....
You definitely can!
Something I found actually helped me out a lot was to not use the "presets" and actually add the effects individually. This got me much more familiar with effect stack and instead of saying "how do I fix this" it lets me ask "how do I enhance this".
The other thing about lighting is the Lumion default lights are WAY too high. They are by default set to 300 which in my opinion is like putting a search and rescue spotlight into a house lamp.
@@LuminousLabs i will keep watching more of your videos to learn more about rendering... thanks for the tips btw... your a great man...love your work..Cheers
Sir, You Replied in my earlier comment about one of your video in which you made walls transparent from outside and visible from inside. Please share the link of that video.
Sorry Abbas! Here is the link.
ruclips.net/video/utGGqdoQXcQ/видео.html
How did you get your city back drop? Amazing video btw
It just comes with the evermotion pack! It is a scene that I often use as my test room. I also did it for Unreal Engine.
ruclips.net/video/ZBiMi8-coQw/видео.html
My business partner and I are looking at going around our city to get some shots like this people can use.
Skylight seems to really really dark some renderings.
I really don't know if it is a bug because it really happens only sometimes (mostly when you render outside a room for soem reason).
Does anyone have a fix for that ?
Ps: That was a really helpful video, thanks man, you really put effort into that vid
That is actually really interesting you say that because I had this exact problem when I was making my latest video.
I had the problem with real skies where it seems like the brighter real skies got the darker my rendered image was.
ASUS F15 with RTX 3060 is excellent for LUMION 11 or not
Loved it...possible to share the background u have used?
I mean the city scape.
Hi Shomit,
This model actually came from a pack I purchased, I just thought it worked extremely well for what I wanted to show. For that reason I don’t think I can share it, but if you look up something like cloudy European city I think you could find a suitable one!
Can you share the city 360 HDRI that you used in that video?
I cant unfortunately :( it's a part of the package I bought so I can't redistribute it. If you look up drone panoramas you might be able to get one?
Nice Tutorial, sir. It really helped me improve my interior lighting with sunlight. I am currently working on a windowless room. How can we achieve similar result without sunlight.
That is more difficult, however something I find helps is to turn off Real Skies and use the Sun/Sky and Cloud effects. From there you can turn up sky brightness and it should affect the interior of the scene as well. I also made a video showing how you can make walls invisible from the outside but visible from the inside. By doing this with the overcast effect it can help light interiors.
Also thank you Abbas :)
Thanks for your reply and explanation. Can you share the link for video where you explained how to make walls invisible from outside?
How did you get the city exterior?
It actually just came with the Evermotion scene! If you are looking for some I recommend checking out Polyhaven, they have a few HDRI images that work well for backgrounds!
A problem with Lumion spots set to 1 is the attenuation is tied to the intensity so they get cut off drastically after a few feet or so.
That is definitely an issue with the spotlights. I would normally not use them for a scene like this but I just wanted to have them included so I could show people how overpowering the default 300 setting could be. I also just wanted to bring a bit of light to the top of the shelf.
I hope that Lumion has a big upgrade for interior lighting in the pipeline! The scene I always struggled the most with were interior bathroom scenes. They are small areas with no windows and to get the lighting right it can take awhile.
@@LuminousLabs yes. My struggle as well. I’m finding post production in PS is absolutely required.
There is no photorealistic in the interior renderings in lumion :)))
Step 1: Wait for lumion to implement RTX
Step 2: Complete Step 1
I believe Lumion 11 uses DirectX12. While there isn't a guarantee that Lumion will every get RTX if they were ever to go that road it would need DirectX12 I believe! So that is a step in the right direction.
Personally I think they should just overhaul the entire engine but maybe I am oversimplifying it.
I agree, Global Illumination effect in Lumion is just trash.
Hyperlight is technically Global Illumination 2. I am not sure why they didn't rename it because people use the old GI and it just destroys render times.
Thanks for checking out the video Ivan!
Very informative video but waaaaaaaaaaaay toooo long .
It is meant to be, it goes over every effect instead of breaking it into 15 videos. Thanks for checking it out though!