1. Here's how

There are two ways to animate clouds in Lumion: use the Sky and Clouds Effect or the Volume Clouds Effect.

The Volume Clouds Effect renders volumetric, three-dimensional clouds that the camera can fly through.

The camera can't fly through the clouds of the Sky and Clouds Effect.

2. Sky and Clouds Effect:

2.1: In Movie Mode, add the Sky and Clouds Effect to a Clip or to Entire Movie:

Lumion 23:

Lumion 12:

Lumion 11:

2.2: Set the Cloud Speed slider to a higher value. Alternatively, animate the Position slider instead. Please click on the link below to see how to animate effect sliders.

• Knowledge Base: How do you animate Movie Effects?

TIP: To change the direction of the clouds using the Cloud Direction slider, set the Cloud Speed to a value greater than 0.

In Photo Mode the Cloud Speed is set to 0 to 'freeze' the animation for a photo.  In this case, the cloud direction cannot be changed.  If you do need the cloud direction to be set to a specific direction for a photo, then use Movie Mode and render to a Current Frame from a Clip to set the direction.

3. Volume Clouds Effect:

3.1: In Movie Mode, add the Volume Clouds Effect to a Clip or to Entire Movie:

Lumion 23:

Lumion 12:

Lumion 11:

3.2: Set the Speed slider to a higher value. Alternatively, animate the Position slider instead. Please click on the link below to see how to animate effect sliders.

• Knowledge Base: How do you animate Movie Effects?

3.3: The Volume Clouds Effect should ideally be rendered in maximum star quality. Otherwise, the clouds will not have the best look of volume clouds.