Lumion 8 released!

Top image: Street in Paris, rendered in Lumion 8. ©2017 Act-3D BV

New features include the Styles Button. Just press it, select a style. In an instant you get an image with a backbone of balanced light, depth and realism.

The new Sky Light daylight simulator and the soft and fine shadow enhancements. Turn them on and watch as the foliage and grass become photorealistic. See the shadows beneath tables and shelves become soft. 

Lumion 8 also helps you clearly communicate architectural designs with the new “hand-drawn” outline feature. Achieve a true-to-life appearance by softening the hard edges of structures and furnishings, simulate a maquette with tilt shift, and render videos in eye-opening 4K resolution.

You can also set one option next to the other and decide which one you prefer with variation control effect. Group objects together for easy scene-building, and benefit from many other enhancements like a curved mass placement function, a new measurement tool and better layer effects.

New features:

• Styles: once you dress up your 3D model with Lumion materials and objects, just click the Styles Button and select an interior or exterior style. 
• Sky Light daylight simulatorSoft and fine shadows: Sky Light is an advanced, daylight simulator for softening and dispersing the scene’s environmental lighting. Used in combination with Soft Shadows and Fine Detail Shadows, it strengthens the real-life interplay of these elements.
• Soft and fine shadows - In Lumion 8, you can inject realism into your render by turning on the Soft Shadows and the Fine Detail Shadows as part of the Shadow effect. Instantly, the shadows become softer, the penumbras grow.
• Hand-drawn outline effect (Pro only). Apply it together with photorealistic, sketch or artistic effects to draw a focus to your building’s general shape and form.
• Mass placement for curved shapes
• 150+ new HD materials (Some Pro only)
• New HD objects - pets, cyclists and more (Some Pro only)
• Render video in 4K resolution
• Hyperlight for videos. Hyperlight is a power-booster for improved lighting quality and accuracy. With Lumion 8, you can now apply the Hyperlight effect when rendering videos. Whether for interior or exterior animations, the updated Hyperlight effect dresses your animation in a strikingly realistic mesh of environmental and artificial light. Watch as the materials and textures “pop.” See buildings, people and foliage cohere with their surroundings. 

More information: Lumion site.