Lumion Standard vs Pro

Two Versions Of Lumion Are
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Lumion Standard and Pro Comparison

Description	Lumion Standard	Lumion Pro
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 can install a single Lumion license key on any number of computers, by any number of people. 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 can install a single Lumion license key on any number of computers, by any number of people. 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.

	Standard	Pro
Surface decals	x	✓
Volumetric fire	x	✓
Metallic car shader	x	✓
Fine-detail Nature	x	✓
Customizable 3D Grasses	x	✓
Fur	x	✓
Soften hard edges	x	✓
Foliage for materials	x	✓
Area and line lights	x	✓
Content library	3,783 assets	8,756 assets
Animated 3D people and animals, some from AXYZ Design	111 characters	354 characters
Ambient sound effects	x	123 sound effects
Volumetric lights effect	x	✓
Animated phasing	x	✓
Rain streaks	x	✓
Aurora Borealis	x	✓
Precipitation	x	✓
Speedray™ Reflections	x	✓
Title	Limited title effects	27 title effects 12 built-in fonts Support for custom fonts
Main movie Sound effect	x	✓
OpenStreetMaps with satellite and height maps	x	✓
Merge project files (for projects with multiple users)	x	✓

	Standard	Pro
Scene editor / Tools	✓	✓
Organize your scene with multiple layers	✓	✓
Easy model placement	✓	✓
Intuitive material editing	✓	✓
Landscape editing and rendering	✓	✓
Advanced sky and cloud rendering	✓	✓
Realistic water rendering	✓	✓
Upgraded OpenStreetMap import (with height and satellite maps)	x	✓

Landscape editor / Tools Responsive terrain elevation editor	✓	✓
Responsive terrain elevation editor	✓	✓
Custom terrain material sets	✓	✓
Custom terrain texture import	✓	✓
Terrain texture paintbrush	✓	✓
Customizable landscape grasses with scatter objects (weeds, leaves, stones)	✓	✓
Custom water planes	✓	✓
Ocean tool with waves slider, turbidity, color	✓	✓
Waterfall materials	✓	✓

Movie editor
Intuitive camera animation editor	✓	✓
Sun/sky animations	✓	✓
Add title screens, scene and post-processing effects	✓	✓

Animation	✓	✓
Animation import (move/rotate/scale animations)	✓	✓
Keyframe-based animation	✓	✓
Animated effects	✓	✓

Merge project files for team collaboration	x	✓

	Standard	Pro
3D model import:
Collada (.dae), SketchUp® (.skp), Autodesk® (.fbx), Autodesk® (.dwg), Autodesk® (.dxf), 3DS Max® (.max), 3DS Max® (.3ds), Wavefront (.obj)	✓	✓
LiveSync® compatibility for:
• AutoCAD® • SketchUp® • Revit® • Allplan® • ArchiCAD® • Rhino 6® and newer • Vectorworks® • BricsCAD® • Autodesk FormIt®	✓	✓
Image import:
tga, .dds, .psd, .jpg, .bmp, .png	✓	✓
Material map import:
PBR compliant maps	✓	✓
Video import (.mp4)	✓	✓
Lightmap import:
e.g. from AutoDesk® 3D Studio Max	✓	✓
Custom IES spotlights	✓	✓
2D background sound/music (.wav)	x	✓
Model and material variation options	✓	✓

Output	Standard	Pro
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 formats:
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), Output to image sequence: Max 3840 x 2160px	640×360 (480p), 1280×720 (720p), 1920×1080 (1080p), 2560×1440 (1440p), 3840×2160 (4K), Output to image sequence: Max 3840 x 2160px
Output video frame rates:
25/30/60/200	✓	✓
Output to MyLumion® 360 Panoramas	✓	✓
Output 360 panoramas for the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift	✓	✓
Additional output maps (depth, normal, specular reflection, lighting, sky alpha, material ID)	✓	✓
Output of sound in MP4	✓	✓

Object Library assets	Standard	Pro
Total number of objects	2,272	7,214
• Animated nature • Animated 3D people • Animated animals (birds, farm animals, pets, fish) • Animated children	✓	✓
Fine-detail Nature
Plants, trees	6	330

Nature
Broadleaf	232	697
Cactus	1	3
Clusters	0	35
Conifers	46	137
Flower	100	306
Forest wood	28	96
Grass	23	66
Leaf	12	36
Leafless trees	6	22
Palm	29	90
Plants	59	181
Rocks	26	82
Weeds	28	86
Objects
Seating	163	488
Tables	65	197
Electronics and appliances	36	108
Kitchen	103	310
Lighting	49	148
Decoration	195	586
Storage	92	276
Plumbing	21	64
Food and drink	80	243
Assorted	78	236
Garden	79	240
Outdoor	220	666
People and Animals
Animals – 3D – Silhouettes	11	34
Birds	4	13
Boys – 3D	0	12
Farm Animals	4	11
Girls – 3D	0	10
Marine Life	2	7
Men – 3D	60	179
People – 2D	29	84
People – 2D – Silhouettes	28	84
People – 3D – Silhouettes	19	56
People – 3D – Static	62	195
Pets	1	4
Women – 3D	51	153

Material Library assets
Total number of materials	1,486	1,519
Various terrain materials	✓	✓
Nature, indoor, outdoor materials
Customizable 3D grass material	x	14
Fur	x	10
Leaf materials	x	9
7 Material types (Water, Glass, Billboard, Lightmap, etc.)	✓	✓
Custom materials library	✓	✓

Environment & weather
• Real Skies • 42 landscape types • 6 water types • Customizable weather (cloud cover, sun position) • Ocean with waves slider, turbidity, color • Waterfall materials	✓	✓
Water presets	20	20

Surface decals	x	142
3D ambient sound	x	123 sound effects
Title effect styles	14 basic styles	27 styles
Text-in-3D-Scene	x	✓
Customizable license plates	10 countries & all U.S. states	10 countries & all U.S. states
Volumetric fire	x	8

Lights and utilities	44	44
Spotlights/Omni lights	✓	✓
Area/Line lights	✓	✓
Utilities	✓	✓

	Standard	Pro
Movie & photo effects
Concept: Outlines, 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, Ray tracing	✓	✓
Lighting: Volumetric lights, Speedray Reflections	x	✓
Sky & Weather: Sky and Clouds, Fog, Contrails, Volume Clouds, Wind, Horizon Cloud, Moon, Autumn Colors	✓	✓
Sky & Weather: Aurora borealis, Precipitation	x	✓
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	✓	✓
Animation: Animated phasing	x	✓
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, Print Poster Enhancer, Layer Visibility, Variation Control, Near Clip Plane, Water, Material Highlight	✓	✓
Tools/Utilities: Sound	x	✓

Special effects
Total number of special effects	104	254
Fire	16	24
Fog	17	17
Fountains	48	48
Leaves	3	3
Smoke	20	20
Decals	0	142

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

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Explore the top features in Lumion Pro

Exteriors, interiors, landscapes and more. From single residential to large-scale urban plans. With Lumion, you can communicate all the real-life possibilities of your design ideas as beautiful images, videos and 360 panoramas.

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.

License Plates

From Japan to Germany. China to the United States. The new license plates in Lumion 12 help you anchor your design to a specific place with a small yet highly immersive detail. In Lumion 12, you can find a variety of license plate styles from 10 different countries as well as all 50 U.S. states.

Orthographic View

Embed life, color and texture into all of your technical renderings, and make lively plans, sections, elevations and more.

Animated Phasing

Show the process behind your design’s development or construction through the power of animation.

Volumetric Fire

Cast a feeling of coziness and warmth to your interior and exterior renders with volumetric fire objects.

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More exclusive Lumion Pro features

Rain Streaks

Make raindrops soothingly glide down glass surfaces, a gripping detail that would otherwise take hours to get right.

OpenStreet maps (height and satellite)

Add real-world terrain, rivers, farmland, and more in just a click. The OpenStreetMaps feature takes another leap forward in Lumion 12, allowing you to better control, rotate and import the surrounding topography for your project.

Full content library

Craft your vision with over 6,903 items and over 1,357 materials in the library.

New fine-detail nature

With 41 new fine-detail nature items, including a range of new palms at various stages of growth, you can capture the vitality of real-life landscapes.

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.

Atmospheric rain and snow

Communicate the feeling of your designs with atmospheric rain and snow.

Customizable 3D grasses

Turn the green spaces in your renders into beautiful, lifelike landscapes.

PureGlass®

Always give your glass materials their best look with PureGlass®.

And many more ...

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For other countries, please contact your local Lumion distributor.

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