Topic: Lumion 2.2 Released

[Arthur]

LUMION 2.2 IS NOW AVAILABLE!

Lumion Ultimate license holders can download Lumion version 2.2 in the Customer Area.

An official announcement of the release, a press release and a newsletter along with a website update with all the information will follow tomorrow.

Note: The download does not yet have a big green button. You will see a headline with Lumion 2.2 download and a text link to the brand new Lumion Download Manager.

Best regards,

The Lumion Development Team


MISSING SHADOWS: HOTFIX FOR MAC USERS WITH ATI CARDS
You should only follow the procedure below if you have a Mac with an ATI graphics card, and if certain object types such as trees and cars don't cast shadows in Lumion:

1) Exit Lumion
2) Download the attached iMac_Shadows_WinXX-bit.zip file that matches your version of Windows (32- or 64-bit).
3) Unzip the zip file.
4) Overwrite the following file in your Lumion installation folder:
    Lumion\Channels\89E051CA-4273-4EB9-89C8-5FD0CDA1B026.dll

WINDOWS 32-BIT: HOTFIX IF SMALL PLANTS ARE SWAYING TOO FAST IN THE WIND
Please exit Lumion, unzip the attached Hotfix_PlantsVsWind_32-bit.zip and copy it to Lumion Installation Folder/3rd/.

HOTFIX FOR TERRAIN MATERIAL
Please exit Lumion, unzip the attached LandScape.zip and copy it to Lumion Installation Folder/ArchitectEdition/Classes/RenderEngine/

[Morten]

[Morten]

NEW FEATURES IN LUMION® ULTIMATE 2.2

• New models and high quality trees & plants (227 in total).
• New landscape materials.
• Updated Revit to Collada exporter.
• Terrain materials can now be combined any way you like.
• You can even import your own terrain textures.
• New Copy-Paste and Save/Load options for Standard materials.
• More workspace Layers (Maximum 20 Layers instead of 5).
• New clip keyframes export option in Photo mode.
• New background rendering mode so you can check your emails while it’s rendering.

[Morten]

OTHER CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS

• New "Insert new photo" button which will replace (CTRL) + (C) in the Clip editor.
• User-configurable names for Layers.
• New "Move Selection to Layer" button.
• Smoother people & animal animations.
• Improved “wet” effect for Lumion terrain.
• New custom scale for Lumion terrain materials.
• New Extra Color slider in Fountain properties.
• New color palette option for Fog color selection.
• It is now possible to change the pitch and bank values of 3D people.
• CTRL + H: Reset camera pitch to horizontal viewpoint.
• New keyboard shortcut: L -> Scale
• New keyboard shortcut: P -> Rotate Pitch
• New keyboard shortcut: B -> Rotate Bank

BUG FIXES

• Terrain culling is now turned off when rendering.
• F9: Max level of detail for Trees/plants is now turned on correctly.
• 3D Silhouette people and animals can now use transparency and shadows again.
• Renderings of the ocean now look more like the preview in Build mode.
• Saving a scene under a new name now works correctly again.
• Violent wind gusts have been turned off.
• Movie thumbnails are no longer black after loading a new scene.
• CTRL + SHIFT + Left-click no longer requires 2 clicks before an object is selected.
• Animated objects can now use more than 1 material.
• Photo mode -> Motion Blur is now working.
• Space command no longer swaps objects in the process.
• Show/hide Layer states are now saved correctly.
• Trees -> Rotation snap is now working.
• Trees -> Context menu -> Transformation -> Same rotation now works correctly.
• Trees -> Context menu -> Transformation -> Lock Position is now working correctly.

[Gaieus]

Can I have a question... What's that "fish eye lens" in the Pro export features? Is it true 360 degree panorama or "just" wider than what we've had so far?

[Morten]

Just wider than before.

[RAD]

Nice work.

[Gaieus]

Just wider than before.

Thanks. (I was really hoping for some true panoramas though)

[ABNERJAIR]

A BIG STEP ON ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION WITH HORIZONTAL VIEW..... VERY VERY GOOD ...... IM HAPPY WITH THAT ..... =D

[SketchUpBBS]

Very exciting news！

[jordan230]

How much $$$$$ is the upgrade from ultimate 2.2 to lumion pro 2.2???
do you have examples of the other effects in lumion pro?
how many more HQ people are included in lumion pro?

[Architect JM]

... G R E A T ..... !!!!!!

 

[Ferry]

For now it is only 4 we will add more in future 2.x releases. We will send the Ultimate 2.x to Pro 2.x offer tomorrow. There is a lot of written material we have been working hard on to finish.

See this as the early release you can use with all the news tomorrow.

[Arthur]

How much $$$$$ is the upgrade from ultimate 2.2 to lumion pro 2.2???
do you have examples of the other effects in lumion pro?
how many more HQ people are included in lumion pro?

Wait for the announcement, it contains the info.

[jlnsvfx]

Is there a discount for a second purchase of Lumion Ultimate