Dear Lumion users, The 6th of November 2017.
We are very pleased to tell you that the long-awaited version 8.0 of
Lumion and
Lumion Pro has been released.
We would like to thank all of you for your support, feedback, error reports and patience since Lumion 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.3 and 7.5 were released over the past year.
Lumion 8.0 Pro takes the quality of your presentations to the next level with the new
Sky Light effect,
Soft Shadows and
Fine Detail Shadows, a new
Variations effect, soft edges for materials, 734 new models (HD cars, animated 3D people, trees etc) and no fewer than 168 new materials (among others, much improved water materials). Version 8.0 also includes a lot of productivity enhancements and improvements, for example a new 'Group' function, curved 'Mass Placement' arrays and a brand new streamlined user interface in
Photo and
Movie mode.
We hope this new version will save you even more time, make work easier and more fun and above all, help you deliver more projects and get new customers over the coming year!
Best regards from all of us at Act-3D!
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HOW TO RESOLVE CRASHES, ERRORS AND START-UP PROBLEMS IN LUMIONLumion requires that all Windows updates as well as the latest graphics card driver have been installed. Please
click here and follow the instructions to ensure that your PC is ready for Lumion.
WHAT'S NEW?Please read the release notes below to see what has changed. There is more information on
the What's New page.
WHAT'S NEW - VIDEO TUTORIALS:See
Video Tutorials covering all the new features:
What's New in Lumion 8.
DOWNLOADING LUMION 8.0Licensed customers should have received an email with download instructions on the 6th of November. The email is automatically sent to all Lumion 8 license owners. Please
click here and follow the instructions if you cannot find the email.
INSTALLING LUMION 8.0- Lumion 8.0 is a complete installation. It is not a patch for older versions of Lumion.
- Do not uninstall older existing Lumion installations until you have transferred your scenes and models (see below).
- Do not install Lumion 8.0 in the same folder as an older version of Lumion.
TRANSFERRING PROJECTS TO LUMION 8.01) Please copy the
Library,
Miscellaneous and
Materials folders from
Documents\Lumion (VERSION) to
Documents\Lumion 8.0 to make it possible to use your imported models in version 8.0.
2) To keep your
Favourites from the
Imported Model Library and
Lumion Library, copy the file "settings7.ini" from
Documents\Lumion 7.0, rename it to "settings8.ini", and then place it in
Documents\Lumion 8.0 (choose 'overwrite').
3) To open a scene from an older version of Lumion, you will have to save the scene as an LS file via the
Save Scene and Models tab in the older version of Lumion. Then load the LS scene file in Lumion 8.0.
Note that if you are using
Lumion (Standard) 5.7.2 or older and you have upgraded your license to version 8, you will be able to save an LS scene file, just like in newer versions.
LUMION VIEWERLumion 8.0 Viewer is not yet available. We will update this thread when
Lumion 8.0 Viewer is released. Please click on the '
Notify' button near the top of this thread if you would like to receive an email when this happens. If you need to use the
Lumion Viewer for presenting your projects, please continue to use
Lumion 7.3 Pro and
Lumion 7.3 Viewer.
LUMION TRIALPlease see this article:
Knowledge Base Article:
Is there a Trial version of Lumion?LUMION STUDENT PROPlease see this article:
Knowledge Base Article:
Is there an educational or student version of Lumion?