Lumion features
Discover all the features, tools, content and effects in LumionLumion comes in 2 editions
Lumion Standard
Lumion Professional
Lumion is available in Standard and Professional editions. With the Lumion Professional edition, you can access the full range of content, features and effects, while Lumion Standard has a limited selection of effects and ⅓ of the entire content library.
Click the link below to discover the full overview of Lumion features along with a simple comparison of Lumion Standard and Lumion Professional editions.
Explore the top features in Lumion Pro
Volumetric spotlights
With Lumion 12 Pro, it’s easier than ever to illuminate the atmosphere of your designs and cast their most remarkable elements in their best light. The new volumetric spotlight effect lets you cast a visible beam of light throughout your scene, adding atmosphere and dimension for a beautiful, cinematic ambiance.
Surface decals
Give your visualizations a touch of character with 142 new surface decals. In just a click, you’ll transform walls and other surfaces with imperfections and wall art, including watermarks, exposed brick, moss, chalk drawings, paint markings, road markings, potholes and much more.
Animated phasing
Show the process behind your design’s development or construction through the power of animation.
Orthographic views
Embed life, color and texture into all of your technical renderings, and make lively plans, sections, elevations and more.
Volumetric fire
Cast a feeling of coziness and warmth to your interior and exterior renders with volumetric fire objects.
Rain streaks
Make raindrops soothingly glide down glass surfaces, a gripping detail that would otherwise take hours to get right.
OpenStreetMaps (and height and satellite maps)
Add real-world terrain, rivers, farmland, and more in just a click.
Full content library
Tell the story of your design with over 6,900 items and over 1,350 materials in the library.
Styles
Choose one of 8 Styles and instantly balance light, depth and realism.
Fine-detail nature
Enhance your renders with the most detail-rich 3D tree and plant models in the content library.
LiveSync
Create a seamless, real-time rendering connection between the leading CAD programs and Lumion.
Real Skies
It takes a single click to give your design a clear blue morning, a stormy afternoon or an unforgettable sunset.
Add Lumion to your workflows
No matter the setting. No matter the design.
There’s no limit to what you can create with all the features, tools and assets in Lumion.
Displacement mapping
Show the relief and detail on surfaces with custom or built-in displacement maps.
Photo Matching
Place your 3D model in the context provided by a real-life photograph.
Sky Light
Heighten realism and atmosphere with daylight simulation technology.
Lights and shadows
Illuminate a space with light and its story will unfold from the shadows.
Customizable 3D grasses
Turn the green spaces in your renders into beautiful, lifelike landscapes.
Paint placement
Place hundreds of nature objects in your project, as if painting on a piece of paper.
Atmospheric rain and snow
Communicate the feeling of your designs with atmospheric rain and snow.
Hand-drawn outline effect
Clearly communicate the form and shape of your building design.
Area lights and line lights
Easily create beautiful lighting arrangements that fill spaces with life.
Model and material variation
Compare multiple options, balance a range of concept options.
Foliage for materials
Show the surfaces of your design with leafy, realistic foliage.
PureGlass®
Always give your glass materials their best look with PureGlass®.
And many others…
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Browse through the tabs below for a full comparison of Lumion Standard and Lumion Professional editions.
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
| Price | € 1499.-* | € 2999.-* |
| 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. |
| * Excl. VAT and sales tax |
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
| 3D model import |
Collada (.DAE) SketchUp® (.SKP) Autodesk® (.FBX) Autodesk® (.DWG) Autodesk® (.DXF) 3DS Max® (.MAX) 3DS Max® (.3DS) Wavefront (.OBJ) |
Collada (.DAE) SketchUp® (.SKP) Autodesk® (.FBX) Autodesk® (.DWG) Autodesk® (.DXF) 3DS Max® (.MAX) 3DS Max® (.3DS) Wavefront (.OBJ) |
| 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 |
| Video import (MP4) | • | • |
| Lightmap import: E.g. from AutoDesk® 3D Studio Max |
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| Custom IES spotlights | • | • |
| 2D background sound/music (WAV) | N/A | • |
| Model and material variation options | • | • |
| 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 |
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| Output of Depth Maps, Normal Maps, Lighting Maps, Sky Alpha Maps, Reflection Maps and Material ID Maps |
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| Output of sound in MP4 | • | • |
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
| Object library •Fine-detail nature •Plants and trees created with SpeedTree SDK and Modeler •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) •Animated children •3D people & animal silhouettes •3 silhouette options |
2,229 assets |
6,903 assets |
| High-quality animated 3D people, some from AXYZ Design |
111 characters | 354 characters |
| Surfaced decals | N/A | 142 |
| 3D sound effects •Ambient sounds (nature, locations, etc) •People •Things (Cars, machines, etc) |
N/A |
123 sound effects |
| Title effect styles | 14 basic styles | 27 styles |
| Text-in-3D-Scene | N/A | • |
| Lights and utilities | 42 | 44 |
| Area/Line lights | N/A | • |
| Material library categories •Various terrain materials •Nature, Indoor, Outdoor materials •10 customizable material types (water, glass, billboard, lightmap etc) •Custom materials library |
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| PureGlass® stock materials | N/A | 81 |
| HDRI skies | 59 | 59 |
| Customizable 3D grass materials | N/A | 14 |
| Furry materials | N/A | 10 |
| Leaf materials | N/A | 9 |
| Volumetric fire | N/A | 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 materials |
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| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
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Scene editor •Easy model placement |
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| •LiveSync® for AutoCAD® •LiveSync® for SketchUp® •LiveSync® for Revit® •LiveSync® for ArchiCAD® •LiveSync® for Rhino 6® •LiveSync® for Vectorworks® •LiveSync® for BricsCAD® •LiveSync® for Autodesk FormIt® |
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| Upgraded OpenStreetMap import (with height and satellite maps) | N/A | • |
| 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 |
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| Animation •Animation import (move/rotate/scale animations via FBX files) •Advanced animation (curved animations, multiple keyframes) •Animated effects |
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| Background rendering mode | • | • |
| Custom terrain material sets | • | • |
| Custom terrain texture import | • | • |
| Exchange of project files for team use |
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| Merge project files for team use |
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| Description | Lumion Standard | 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 |
| Effects only available in Lumion Pro |
N/A |
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 modes |
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| OmniShadow® | • | • |
| Materials Physically-based rendering |
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| Weathering for materials | • | • |
| Transparency for materials | • | • |
| PureGlass® | N/A | • |
| Foliage for materials | N/A | • |
| Special 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
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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
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| 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 | • | • |
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
| Volumetric spotlights effect | • | |
| Surface decals | • | |
| Animated phasing | • | |
| Rain streaks | • | |
| Volumetric fire | • | |
| Metallic car shader | • | |
| OpenStreetMaps with satellite and height maps |
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| 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 | N/A | 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) |
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| Output to real-time fly-through via Lumion Viewer |
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| Main movie Sound effect | • |
Lumion is fully compatible with almost every 3D and CAD program
The idea behind Lumion is widespread compatibility to ensure that simple and fast architectural visualization is available to every architect and designer, no matter the 3D or CAD modeling software they use. Everything is designed to save you time.
With LiveSync, Lumion’s real-time rendering feature, you can create a live connection between Lumion and the major CAD programs. Even if LiveSync isn’t available for your CAD software, you should still be able to enjoy seamless import, model reimport and compatibility.
Lumion is fully compatible with and has LiveSync plug-ins for
Lumion is fully compatible with many other 3D modeling programs, such as
And many others
New to Lumion?
Lumion makes it easy to show how your projects will translate into real-life experiences and emotions.
When you order a Lumion Pro license, you can take advantage of all the features on this page and much more.
* Model designs on this page by Paul Sovereign, Centric Bamboo and Gorilla Design, Angular Lab, Pixel-Head Studio, TEN OVER STUDIO, and Angello Marques Arquitetura e Design.