Discover Lumion 2023

Discover Lumion 2023

Bring your visions to life

Rendering isn’t just another step in the design process–it’s the moment your vision comes to life.
 
Lumion 2023 was designed to keep you in your creative flow, so you can visualize the future exactly how you imagine it.

The best of both worlds

Lumion 2023 is the epitome of an immense foundational shift. With a wholly redesigned render engine at Lumion’s core, we’ve integrated the strengths of both rasterization and ray tracing to allow you to achieve greater realistic renderings without the extra hassle.

New ray tracing effect (left) & improved raster quality (right)

Introducing ray tracing v0.9

Add realistic light, shadows, and reflections to your renderings at the touch of a button. The new ray tracing effect in Lumion lets you control the number of samples and bounces, giving you more control over the final result. With ray tracing switched on, your renderings will automatically show realistic indirect lighting, non-screen space reflections, contact shadows, and much more.

The scope of the new ray tracing effect will continue to be expanded and new additions will be easily made available thanks to the new software updater included in Lumion 2023. To learn more about how ray tracing works and its current limitations, please check the release notes.

Soft shadows

With the ray tracing effect switched on, even the softest shadows will reveal themselves.

Ray tracing (right), rasterization (left).

Realistic textures

With ray tracing you can instantly show the detail of materials as they interact with light.

Curved reflections

Achieve natural reflections on any metal surface with the new ray tracing effect.

Contact Shadows

Capture the smallest details, down to the contact shadows found where objects meet, now easier than ever with the new ray tracing effect.

Full PBR material workflow

In Lumion 2023, the quality of existing PBR (physically-based rendering) materials is higher than ever. With the brand-new ray tracing effect enabled, the interaction between light and each surface results in ultra-realistic textures. You can also import your own textures or combine different maps to create the exact look you want.

Material Library

New metalness map now available.

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Clearcoat

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Subsurface scattering

Works with raster.

New high-quality materials

Lumion 2023 comes with 98 new materials that you can use to add realism to your buildings’ surfaces or landscape designs. These include wood, stone, brick, plaster, metal, concrete, asphalt, soil, and grass.

On top of these additions, Lumion 2023 now has an improved glass material that lets you fine-tune every last detail of your project’s windows and other glass surfaces. You can now add a custom texture like relief or frostiness and adjust the distortion to your liking. The new glass material is currently not compatible with ray tracing v0.9.

Expanded content library

Help your clients imagine themselves in your design, with Lumion’s extensive library of lifelike people. Set the scene and show the life in any project, by instantly adding your choice of realistic objects and furniture, whether it’s a plant in the corner of a room, the cars passing by a building, or the wooden finish of a chair.

The new additions to the Lumion content library include: fine-detail nature3D static characterscarsvehicles, and furniture items.

Office chairs

Interior objects

51 new assets including office chairs, couches, decorative plant pots, and more

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Characters

100 new 3D static characters.

Fine-detail nature

24 new plant and tree models from Oceania

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We've put in the work, so you can focus on yours

Build mode

Improved scene editor

Building your scene is one of the most creative parts of the rendering process. It’s the moment you watch your design take shape and decide how it should look and feel.

With a redesigned interface, Lumion’s scene editor prioritizes simplicity and ease of use. Arrange and rotate your assets with precision using the new gizmo and instantly align objects with the improved AutoSnap feature.

Lumion’s scene editor now features AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2) upscaling technology, for a sharper and smoother scene building experience.

Camera editor

New camera paths

Create animations faster and easier than ever with new camera paths that give you greater control and smoother camera movements:

Follow object – let the camera follow an animated object or character.

Dolly shot – move the camera in any straight line by setting the start and end points.

Orbit path – create a perfectly smooth camera path by simply setting the camera target, sphere radius, camera height, and start/end point.

Compare our plans

Lumion is available in Standard and Pro editions. Find that plan that fits your needs.

Upgrade to 2023

Enjoy a more intuitive rendering experience with Lumion 2023. Now available as a Subscription.

Made with Lumion

Find inspiration in Lumion renders created by the community.

Post-processing

Improved color correction

Balance the colors in your scene with greater precision with the new histogram.

Post-processing

Refined depth of field

Draw attention to a specific part of your scene by placing objects in or out of focus with the improved depth of field effect.

Rendering output

Aspect ratios

Control the composition for your visualizations by rendering directly in your preferred aspect ratio. Choose from a range of formats, including square and vertical aspect ratios, and save time cropping your photos and videos post-render.

More features are coming soon...

Staying up to date is now simple and stress-free. Lumion 2023 introduces a brand-new updater tool, which automatically detects any new available features and content, as well as gives you the option to run updates in the background. As we continue to improve our implementation of ray tracing technology, we’re also working on making our development roadmap more transparent. For a complete overview of what’s new in Lumion 2023, please check the release notes.

 

An extension of your imagination

With Lumion, you’re in control of your ideas. Create stunning visualizations of every angle of your design — at any point in your creative process.