Last week I’ve chosen the Lumion Demo winner, the landscape architect Sara Peternel from @sara.peternel_landscapedesign. So this is her SketchUp model that I transformed using Lumion Pro 10 tools. My objective with this small demo it’s to really show what Lumion can do specially for gardens. The vegetation possibilities together with the light specs in…
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Talking about plants inside Lumion PRO 10
In this video, I talk about plants inside Lumion, more specifically Lumion PRO 10, and why this is the main reason Lumion is such a great tool for garden designers and landscape architects. Check out our SketchUp Warehouse collections here: https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/manage/bcb4be24-22d6-492b-88eb-95971f48886c?nav=collections&sortBy=createTime%20DESC, you can easily add plants to your Lumion library. Create and save planting combinations…
Software options for garden designers and landscape architects, my opinion!
What’s the best software available for garden designers and landscape architects? Have you have tried to google garden design software? Try and tell me what comes up, pretty bad hmmm? Specially ig you type Garden Design a lot of the options are for amateur gardeners and not a professional software that are going to help…
4 Lighting Solutions Inside Lumion Pro 9
Lumion is a great way to show, not only your lighting creativity as a garden designer or landscape architect, but as well as to show the lighting equipment give you the chance to suggest to your client, specific elements like you would do with furniture for example. Check out the final renderings at the end…
Easy Post-production Tips for Rendering Images
In this video I show some easy post-production tips using Photoshop and NIK collection, you can use the same effects in any other editor. This specific effects I use for renderings to be used in digital mediums only, not in printed materials. If working mobile you should try the Snapseed free app for Android and…
With or without effects inside Lumion PRO 9
Which effects are important for a final rendering in garden design or landscaping project? Check out the rendering images at the end of the video! Subscribe to our newsletter, I will be sharing my effects settings file👍http://eepurl.com/dAfov5 . Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garden_design_tools/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gardenprodesign Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gardendesigntools LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/garden-design-tools/ Music🎵 Happy Life by FREDJI https://soundcloud.com/fredjimusic https://www.facebook.com/fredjimusic/ Music promoted…
Getting to know Twinmotion from Unreal Engine
This a quick video exploring Twinmotion, it’s a great tool if you are using only SketchUp. It as a lot of potentials, but if you working with Lumion Pro, for example, you going to feel that it still as a long way to go. It’s free to download until November 2019, don’t miss out even…
Adding Water inside Lumion
In this video, I want to show you the simple way and my favourite way to add water in Lumion. Rendering water features are really simple with Lumion, it works really well especially in still water features or swimming pools. Check out the fina rendering image at the end of the video. Go to our…
What’s new in SketchUp 2019.2 update?
The latest update for SketchUp 2019 is live, the 2019.2 update brings some interesting features after the underwhelm that was the launch of SketchUp 2019 (in my opinion) this latest update comes to prove some of the advantages of the new subscription method of pricing the software. More of this kind of updates are to…
6 Tips & Tricks for Amazing Renderings
6 Tips and tricks to create amazing renderings you can use to promote your garden design ideas in all the social networks. Tip 1: Play around with the focal length and don’t overdo the wide angle. Tip 2: Use real textures materials. Websites like poliigon.com, textures.com, 3dtextures.me and texturehaven.com. Tip 3: Choose the right time…
How to create a plan view in Lumion 9.5?
Straight plan views are usually something you create using Lumion but it’s possible. And it’s a great way to illustrate your projects together with the use of transparency in larger shrubs and trees, check out my plan : There are a few different effects applied to this image, I normally like to lower the saturation…
More FREE Plants for your Lumion library
Working as garden designers or landscaper plants are the main element of focus after the design, and the more the merrier so you can have a more diversify library in your Lumion Pro. There are a few websites with 3D plants you can purchase and use them in Lumion, they are not going to be…
About me and what I do, work wise!
So for those who are connected to me in the different social networks or that follow my Facebook pages you may wonder sometimes what do I actually do. So Julia message me on Facebook wanting to talk to me about it, because she likes the things I share but she wanted to learn more about…
What are your favourite apps as a garden designer?
I’m creating a pdf with my favourite apps as a garden designer and how do I use them and what for. So if you interested don’t forget to subscribe to the newsletter 😉👍. Applications and softwares changed the way I organize my work and really changed the way I relate with my customers. There are…
Lumion PRO 9 online course is live
The online course Rendering your Clients Dream Garden is Live and now completely updated for Lumion Pro 9. 8 lessons were added to the course and I think you really going to create amazing renderings for your projects using my tips for Lumion Pro 9 specially created for garden designers and landscape architects. There are…
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