Lumion Users to D5

In this video, we explore some changes and differences for users coming from Lumion to D5; either switching software, or adding D5 to their skillset or studio.
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[@BradMorton]

Great comparison and tutorial on D5 vs. Lumion. I have been a Lumion user since ver. 2.0 and think I'm going to stay loyal for now but not just for loyalty's sake. As you know, nothing matches the ease of what Lumion offers its users. Thanks for drilling down on the differences here. You answered questions I didn't know I had.

[@viarender]

Brad, Thanks for taking the time to comment. I totally understand the ease of use, and for exterior renderings, Lumion is fantastic. I do really like the lower price point starting in 2023 too. It is now 1/3rd of the old price, and that is a substantial benefit.

[@skyheart125]

The best thing about d5 is that there is an absolutely FREE version which is awesome.. So one can really evaluate so much before purchasing

[@viarender]

@sky heart, that is such a good point, and I forgot to mention that!

[@patrick-resendiz]

Just found your channel, so glad there's someone out here actually talking about D5 in a practical way. I use both D5 and Lumion, and I find D5 great for interior scenes, but am challenged to create exterior renderings (as quickly as I can in Lumion) that are appealing. Would love to know your thoughts.

[@viarender]

Patrick, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, and I'm delighted to hear you are enjoying the content. I'm working on a D5 Exterior guide for commercial/real projects that will be geared towards realistic projects. It should be up soon! Lumion is still my preferred software for exteriors, and I am curious how Lumion 2023 will affect that. The pricing change has made it more competitive, but it is still so very costly. But they way it handles light for exteriors is wonderful...

[@scpk2246]

Lumion has a massive/monster vegetation library

[@viarender]

@@scpk2246 It really does, and the exteriors can be fantastic. Have you looked at Lumion 2023 yet?

[@scpk2246]

@@viarender yah, I saw lumion 2023 - not that awesome as some commentend - maybe on the next few months of update, like 2023.2, 2023.3 etc 😁 And you are right about 3D assets of D5, it is fantastic compared to Lumion - lumion needs an overhaul on this one particular on furniture and decoratives

[@darshanrathod1616]

Great Video..!! very very informative and useful, especially for those who have used Lumion and are looking forward towards D5

[@viarender]

Darshan, thanks for taking the time to comment, and for your kind words. I am glad you found it useful!

[@godfreygoodson6215]

Imma gonna show my age here and let you know that I started rendering using the DOS Autocad10 native render engine lol. Things started taking off when I discovered Lightscape v3.2 for Global Illumination, I've kept the easiest workflow method as I was more focused on design and needed quick rendering output, so I avoided the days of MAX + renderers like Brazil, Sketchup became my modeler of choice for ease of use and started from v1.2, that combo of SKP and Lightscape was excellent until the sketchup Vray plugin arrived and set the standard. Lumion was next for sandbox environment building, and even in its infancy over 10 years ago it was fast at everything exterior. As a Lumion user I immediately saw the advantages Enscape, Twinmotion, and D5 presented in the real-time productivity and after a brief stint on Enscape, I switched immediately to D5 on its official release, safe to say it's the easiest thus far to achieve results I've always strived for. I'm still keeping my Lumion (v11.5) as purely exterior work only until D5 gets a terrain system in place.

[@viarender]

Oh wow! I had to Google Lightscape, its a bit before my time! I very much agree with the Lumion for Exteriors approach. There really is just something about the way it handles exterior light that looks fantastic. And the Speedtree Tree models are fantastic.... I hope that they lower prices on the Subscription model a little bit though, Twinmotion with PT is great too, and I think about $500 for a perpetual License. Right now, for interiors its really close for me between D5 and Twinmotion. But as a teacher, the free Edu Lumion with great technical support has been amazing.

[@vmafarah9473]

Once D5 gets terrain , its price will double.

[@mrh6325]

One more cons of D5 which you must pay $ monthly / yearly for getting the essentially features !!!! I suggest they offer two options First option one time payment as a perpetual license Second option the supscription then the user can chooses one of the two options that could fit him

[@viarender]

Yes, the current model is monthly/yearly. It is quite a bit cheaper than other software out there. Lumion, for example, was over 3000 dollars, Vray for SketchUp I think close to 700. Twinmotion was 400 ish I belive. The software costs for rendering are high, but I think development costs are also substantial. But buying options are always appreciated!

[@3piano]

🎉 amazing. Thanks for sharing..

[@viarender]

Thank you so much for watching and the kind comment!

[@dpyxl]

D5 could be a standard in coming years.. its easy to adapt, user friendly, free asset... and consistent update and future roadmap plan is in place. luckily our investment for perpetual license is so much worth now..

[@viarender]

@Dpyxl, Thanks for commenting. I agree, there is a lot to like about D5. And the pricing model is great. I did miss the perpetual pricing though, but last year, a Lumion Pro license was around 3600 USD. I do like the roadmap too!

[@GinoFoto]

Finalizing rendered image in photoshop is actually inefficient way to do, as if you adjust right in the rendering engine, you have infinite dynamic range on offer, while just very limited in Photoshop.

[@viarender]

Sorry for the delayed response, thanks for commenting!

[@LampardCF]

Lumion is better for making renders efficiently, as it’s controls are much more intuitive and direct, d5 makers prolly derive their product from the basis of Lumion

[@viarender]

@LampardCF Thanks for taking the time to comment. There is a bit of catching up that D5 has to do wo get all the features of older software like Lumion, but the rate of development is very fast. Lumion has felt like it is in a holding pattern for the last few years (I still love it though, and I teach it daily) but I am hopeful for Lumion 2023!

[@LampardCF]

@@viarender Yeap, we can’t deny all softwares beside Vray and 3ds sort of “copy” what Lumion has done, but the thing about Lumion renders, it has that characteristic whereby it’s easy for people to identify that a render looks like it’s done in Lumion, as for D5, it’s harder to figure that what software produce the render

[@mirrfan8844]

@@LampardCF that's very true i can say it's rendered in lumion a mile away. As in the case of d5 it's different story

[@mustafizrahman252]

The biggest drawback of D5 is the Graphics Card. You must have an expensive Graphics Card on your computer. Most students/small offices don't have the luxury of installing high-end graphics cards. Twinmotion is their favorite survival rendering software. This is the end of the game of D5! The engineers and developers of D5 must develop a system to run their software with a low-end graphics card like Enscape if they want to survive and become popular in the Rendering Market...

[@teknotab6949]

I strongly disagree.Your country is poor. rtx series graphics cards are not very expensive, they are cheap. In fact, many laptops are now standard,Also what did you expect this is necessary for real time

[@teknotab6949]

As I said, some things are not right in your country, the classical middle east country, I think you should do a corruption research to see why we are poor.

[@akmal9137]

@@teknotab6949 totally agree with ur arguement

[@mustafizrahman252]

@@teknotab6949 I am not from a middle eastern country. I live in a developed western country and have seen the disastrous economy of now a days...

[@teknotab6949]

@@mustafizrahman252 As I said, some things are not right in your country, I think you should do a corruption research to see why we are poor. SAME :D

[@danygasnier1371]

You forgot ( intentionally?) that D5 is 10 times cheaper than lumion, not to mentionne online asset library are updated often, free

[@viarender]

@Dany Gasnier, Thanks for commenting! No, I didnt forget that! I was/am planning to do a video that looks at the price comparison between Lumion, D5 Render, Twinmotion, Vray and Enscape. I may get to it this week, but there has been some other big news (and some other topics) that I want to cover! I'm still learning video editing and production, so that actually takes way longer for me than the recording part! Very good point about the asset library though. I go into that on my Twinmotion to D5 video.