1. Lumion 8 and newer

Lumion 7.5 and older: Please see section 2 below.

1 Star quality: Draft quality
The Global Illumination and Volume Clouds Effect will not look correct. Sky, sun and clouds will remain static.

2 Star quality: Good quality
The Global Illumination and Volume Clouds Effect will not look correct. Rendering with a Sun Study Effect requires 2 Star quality (or better) to see the sun in motion.

3 Star quality: Production quality with 4 sub-samples
Fewer than 16 sub-samples per frame will result in lower quality anti-aliasing, shadows, Depth of Field Effect, Motion Blur Effect, leaves on trees/plants, hair/semi-transparent parts of the 3D people and Volume Clouds.

4 Star quality: Production quality with 8 sub-samples
Fewer than 16 sub-samples per frame will result in lower quality anti-aliasing, shadows, Depth of Field Effect, Motion Blur Effect, leaves on trees/plants, hair/semi-transparent parts of the 3D people and Volume Clouds.

5 Star quality: Production quality with 16 sub-samples
The best quality.

2. Lumion 7.5 and older

Lumion 8.0 and newer: Please see section 1 above.

The 5 star system that is described in section 1 also applies to Lumion 7.5 and older versions.

In addition, please note the following:

When rendering Movies, the clouds, moon and stars are rendered at a lower quality setting by default, regardless of the Final output quality setting.

To set the sky to the best possible render quality when rendering Movies, please add a Cloud Effect and turn on HQ Clouds in movie render (slow). Please note that this will prolong the time it takes to render your Movie.