Architecture

Illume creates captivating multimedia presentations to assist architectural firms and builders in visualizing their designs and, ultimately, marketing them. Illume creates 3D models from client plans or uses existing computer generated models (i.e. AutoCAD files) and applies realistic textures and lighting. Illume can then animate a camera to create a virtual "walk-through" of the space. New designs or materials can easily be changed allowing clients to see how spaces will look before building begins or materials are purchased.

To see a list of 3D model file formats Illume can import, edit, and animate, click for a MS Word document or an Adobe PDF document.

Our advanced lighting simulations are an effective design tool in these situations, allow you to make the right lighting choices for the space you're working in. We even have a huge library of actual lighting fixtures (along with their physics-based lighting properties) to see how your designs will look in real life. To see a list of the manufacturers of which we have digital representations of their products, click here. In addition to simulating artificial light sources, Illume Arts can accurately show how natural sunlight will affect your design spaces. Would you like to pre-visualize how a skylight would look in your new design space at 8:00 AM, Noon, or 6:00 PM? Offering visualizations of natural sunlight behavior is one of the key benefits we offer Architects looking to offer their client the highest levels of cost-saving pre-visualization.

Illume Arts also has a vast library of 3D models of tables, chairs, lamps, and other home, office, and commercial furnishings ready to insert into your new designs along with hundreds of thousands of scanned textures of wood, fabric, carpets, tiles, and cut stone. If your clients have unique artwork or other décor features that they want to have incorporated, we scan and integrate them into the pre-visualizations.

Our Matchmoving and Rotoscoping services allow Architects to take photos and movie footage of an existing project space and insert new materials, construction, furnishings, and artwork so that they can see how the changes will look when finished.

In an effort to provide an accessible and convenient method of sharing the pre-visualizations between Architects and their clients, Illume Arts offers webpage creation and hosting services in addition to our other multimedia delivery options.