August 6, 2024

Lumion 2024.2 is a content update that brings new animated people to the Lumion Library and some additional features.

Important: To install the changes, Lumion 2024 needs to be updated. Please follow the instructions in the Lumion pop-up window and see the article below for additional information: 

• Knowledge Base:  How does the Updater for Lumion work?

For background information, also consult:

• Knowledge Base:  Lumion 2024.0: Release Notes
• Knowledge Base:  Lumion 2024: Update to 24.1.0 - Release Notes
• Knowledge Base:  Transitions from prior versions to using Lumion 2024

Lumion 2024.2: Minor updates

1. New Content in the Library:

Lumion 2024.2 is the largest update yet containing Animated People Objects. A total of 103 Library Objects have been added in this version.

Filter: New content can be filtered by using L24.2 in the Search bar.

1.1: New Objects*

*35 Objects are made available in Lumion Standard.

A detailed breakdown of the Objects is published in the articles below:

• Knowledge Base:  What is the new content added in Lumion 2024?

and on the Lumion Website:

• Lumion Website: Lumion 2024.2 Update

2. Improvements:

2.1: Sun disk size for Ray Tracing:

With Lumion 2024.2, the Sun Disk Size Slider value, while Ray Tracing is enabled, will influence the softness of Shadows.

2.2: Large Material Library thumbnail preview:

Hovering over a Library Material will now display a larger Preview to aid with the selection of assets during Project building.

2.4: Multiple Importance Sampling (MIS) for rough surfaces:

MIS now also applies to rougher surfaces, producing a less noisy output. 

2.5: Smooth Depth of Field bokeh effect:

A new Bokeh Preset has been added for softer blur results:

3. Resolved issues and other improvements:

Build Mode:

• Layers: Loading an .LS11 and older file will no longer cause Layers 1 to 20 to share the same name.
• Layers: Layer 1 will no longer unhide itself when changing the Material of an Object placed on a different Layer.
• Paint Placement: will no longer cause jittery mouse movement.
• Object Library → Cars: the Metallic Paint no longer occasionally appears matte.
• Object Library → Nature: Leaf surfaces are now displayed again as billboards that follow the camera direction when using the Rasterization pipeline.
• Object Library → Nature: A new Tag ('billboard') for Objects containing billboarded leaves has been added.
• Object Library → Nature: Tags containing the Latin names of Nature Objects have been restored.
• Object Library → Fine-detail Nature: Objects with flowers are now displayed as expected.
• Object Library → Groups: placement time in Build Mode has been significantly improved.
• Object Library → Effects: Parallax Rooms no longer display a red tint when viewed or rendered from certain angles.
• Object Library → Thumbnails: various small fixes and improvements.
• Object Library → Utilities: Clipping Planes will no longer cut through Objects that have been assigned the Landscape Material.
• Material Library → Thumbnails: that contained semi-transparent surfaces have been improved and are no longer displayed as opaque. 
• Material Library → Thumbnails: for preset Glass Materials have been improved. . 
• Material Library → Glass: Values have been tweaked for the Deco Glass Presets to better reflect the contents of the Thumbnail.

Photo and Movie Mode:

• Movie Mode: is now limited to the intended 10 Clip Sets.

Effects & Styles:

• Color Correction Effect: will now display the correct translations for the LUTs.
• Ray Tracing Effect: no longer displays a dark outline around Objects directly in front of the Sky.
• Ray Tracing Effect: Materials with a high Roughness value now give better results when rendered.
• Ray Tracing Effect: the Photo Denoiser has been updated to a newer version.
• Ray Tracing Effect + Sky Effect: no longer displays white rectangles in the sky when switching between Photos that have a high difference in Sky Brightness.
• Move and Advanced Move Effects: all Object types can now be animated.
• Animated Phasing Effect: Animations that are assigned 'No Effect' will no longer disappear from the timeline.
• Reflection Effect → Planar Reflections: added to multiple Photos will no longer occasionally cause a crash on AMD graphics cards while rendering.
• Styles: The Day and Day RT styles have been improved for better visual fidelity to real life.
• Thumbnails: various small updates and improvements.

Save, load, and recovery:

• Example Projects: can now be opened in the Student Edition.
• Merging Projects: will no longer cause unexpected behaviour with Groups.

Importing and exporting:

• DWG format: is now faster to import
• SKP format: importing an .SKP file will no longer cause the Color Maps to be converted into Opacity Maps.
• SKP format on AMD GPUs: importing and .SKP file on a system that uses an AMD graphics card should no longer cause an unexpected crash before the completion of the import.
• Animations: the import time for complex Object Animations has been slightly improved.

Rendering:

• Additional Output: the video memory usage for the Material ID at Print resolution has been significantly reduced when rendered while Ray Tracing is used.
• Additional Output: the Sky Mask output will now be rendered as expected when rendered alongside the Specular or Lighting Masks while Ray Tracing is used.

4. General:

• User interface: Various UI improvements.

See Also:

• Knowledge Base: Steps on resolving the error: 'Your screen resolution is too low'
• Knowledge Base:  Lumion 2024.0: Release Notes