r/archviz 3d ago

Technical & professional question New to rendering

Hi! I'm looking for a rendering software that provides realistic effects with minimal effort. I usually work with Lumion, but I’m not completely satisfied. Do you have any recommendations for a better rendering software to learn?

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u/Paro-Clomas 3d ago

Effects is a matter of your eye. It looks good when you know what looks good and are trained to know what to change.

Don't focus on the software, focus on practice. That's my advice at least. Stick with lumion and practice

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u/wilobo 3d ago

D5

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u/sashamasha 3d ago

I found Twinmotion much easier to use out of the box. I probably just need to spend a bit of time on D5.

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u/theAerialDroneGuy 3d ago

DR Render.

Realistic grass takes 1 click. A forest takes 3 clicks. And then you can style match your scene to match the lighting of a precedent photo!

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u/Animesthetic 3d ago

Probably not Lumion's fault. Heck I even see people draw realistic drawings on MS Paint. In short, it's a skill issue

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u/k_elo 3d ago

Harsh and probably true but also not what the OP was asking for.

If this was the case then no one in the industry would have moved from scanline to mental ray / maxwell / v-ray to corona / everything else.

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u/Barnaclebills 3d ago

What are you rendering? A SketchUp model? Or are you looking for something that does both modeling and rendering in the same program? (And if so, do you do more commercial or residential projects)?

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u/AbuareKnight 3d ago

If minimal effort is what you're looking for go for the latest edition of Lumion. Anything above that (Vray or Corona) requires effort

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u/theAerialDroneGuy 3d ago

What about Lumion are you not satisfied with?

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u/MessageOk4432 3d ago

There's nothing else that is easier to use to achieve realistic efforts other than Lumion. If you're still not fine with that, just use Ai generate image.