Compare Lumion Editions
Discover what’s inside Lumion Standard and Lumion Pro
Compare Lumion Editions
Lumion Standard has a limited selection of rendering effects and comes with 1/3 of the entire content library.
Available as a:
Lumion Pro is a complete visualization solution and comes with a full content library and rendering effects.
Available as a:
Browse through the tabs below for a full comparison of the Lumion Standard and Lumion Professional editions.
| 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. |
License types Available as a:
| ✓ | ✓ |
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion 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) | × | ✓ |
| Landscape editor / Tools | ||
| • 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 | × | ✓ |
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion 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® | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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) | × | ✓ |
| Model and material variation options | ✓ | ✓ |
*Animation import (move/rotate/scale animations)
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
| Output image resolution | 1280×720 (0.9 Megapixel), 1920×1080 (2.1 Megapixel), 3840×2160 (8.4 Megapixel), 7680×4320 (33.2 Megapixel)
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| 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 | |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
| Object Library assets | 2,229 | 6,903 |
| • Fine-detail nature • Plants and trees • Transport models (cars, buses, boats) • Exterior models (street furniture, buildings) • Interior models (furniture, decoration) • Animated nature • Animated 3D people • Animated animals (birds, farm animals, pets, fish) • Animated children • 3D people & animal silhouettes • 3 silhouette options |
| Material Library assets | 1,243 materials | 1,357 materials |
| Various terrain materials | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nature, indoor, outdoor materials | ||
| • Customizable 3D grass material | × | 14 |
| • PureGlass® stock materials | × | 81 |
| • Fur | × | 10 |
| • Leaf materials | × | 9 |
| 10 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 | × | 142 |
| 3D ambient sound | × | 123 sound effects |
| Title effect styles | 14 basic styles | 27 styles |
| Text-in-3D-Scene | × | ✓ |
| Customizable license plates | 10 countries (including all U.S. states) | 10 countries (including all U.S. states) |
| Volumetric fire | × | 8 |
| Lights and utilities | 42 | 44 |
| Spotlights/Omni lights | ✓ | ✓ |
| Area/Line lights | × | ✓ |
| Utilities | ✓ | ✓ |
*Some vegetation and foliage made with SpeedTree Modeler.
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
| Movie & photo effects | ||
| Concept: 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 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sky & Weather: Sky and Clouds, Fog, Contrails, Volume Clouds, Wind, Horizon Cloud, Moon, Autumn Colors | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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, Sound, Print Poster Enhancer, Layer Visibility, Variation Control, Near Clip Plane, Water, Material Highlight | ✓ | ✓ |
| Special effects | ||
| Total number of effects: | 104 | 112 |
| Volumetric fire | 0 | 8 |
| Regular fire | 16 | 16 |
| Smoke | 20 | 20 |
| Dust | 5 | 5 |
| Fog | 6 | 6 |
| Steam | 6 | 6 |
| Falling leaves | 3 | 3 |
| Fountains and “water walls” | 48 | 48 |
| Effects only available in Lumion Pro | × | Speedray reflections
Concept: Outlines Lighting: Volumetric Light for spotlights and omni lights Sky & Weather: Aurora Borealis, Precipitation Animation: Animated Phasing, Titles Tools/Utilities: Sound |
| HDRI skies | 59 | 59 |
| Hyperlight® in Photo and Video modes | ✓ | ✓ |
| OmniShadow® | ✓ | ✓ |
| Materials Physically-based rendering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weathering for materials | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transparency for materials | ✓ | ✓ |
| PureGlass® | × | ✓ |
| Foliage for materials | × | ✓ |
| 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 | |
| Internet connection required | ✓ | ✓ |
| Description | Lumion Standard | Lumion Pro |
| Surface decals | × | ✓ |
| Volumetric fire | × | ✓ |
| Metallic car shader | × | ✓ |
| Fine-detail Nature | × | ✓ |
| Customizable 3D Grasses | × | ✓ |
| Fur | × | ✓ |
| Soften hard edges | × | ✓ |
| PureGlass® | × | ✓ |
| Foliage for materials | × | ✓ |
| Area and line lights | × | ✓ |
| Content library | 2,229 assets | 6,903 assets |
| Animated 3D people and animals, some from AXYZ Design | 111 characters | 354 characters |
| Ambient sound effects | × | 123 sound effects |
| Volumetric lights effect | × | ✓ |
| Animated phasing | × | ✓ |
| Rain streaks | × | ✓ |
| Aurora Borealis | × | ✓ |
| Precipitation | × | ✓ |
| Speedray™ Reflections | × | ✓ |
| Title | Limited title effects | 27 title effects 12 built-in fonts Support for custom fonts |
| Main movie Sound effect | × | ✓ |
| OpenStreetMaps with satellite and height maps | × | ✓ |
| Merge project files (for projects with multiple users) | × | ✓ |
| Output to real-time fly-through via Lumion Viewer | × | ✓ |
Speed up every design detail you make.
Lumion comes with a large variety of features that help you create stunning visualizations without the hassle. Lumion is now available as a subscription license.
Lumion makes it easy to show how your projects will translate into real-life experiences and emotions.
When you order a Lumion Pro license, you can take advantage of all the features on this page and much more.
* Model designs on this page by Centric Bamboo and Gorilla Design, Angular Lab, Pixel-Head Studio, TEN OVER STUDIO, and Angello Marques Arquitetura e Design.
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