This tutorial is to demonstrate the two methods that I know of for bringing decals from companies like Substance and Quixel into your Lumion scenes using an opacity map. Tiling can be a large issue in Lumion that does not have many ways to fix inside of the software. Luckily decals are perfect for breaking up your materials! If you follow the steps in the tutorial you will be able to make it look like the decals are baked directly into your materials.
If you want to download the scene I used from Sketchup follow the link here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UA1Pw3QQJ7it8sOmHTyC3mfFMSciYXjN?usp=sharing
As I mention multiple times in the video, it would be best if you first watched the first tutorial I made how about to place opacity maps into the alpha channel of the color map to create a mask Lumion can use:
https://youtu.be/KRhFCMHYzFc
To make an epic games account here is the link:
https://www.epicgames.com/id/register
To make a Quixel account and download bridge or megascans, follow these links:
https://quixel.com/bridge
https://quixel.com/megascans
I have also included below the links to the decals that I used from substance:
Personal Stray Tag (Free):
https://source.substance3d.com/allassets/22db1680b192ab91463e360cf60df28333b77518?q=decals%20free
Man Hole Cover Decal (Paid):
https://source.substance3d.com/allassets/57fe11bae623d24e3a70e709324868050f98cd2b?q=decals
Large Pot Hole (Paid):
https://source.substance3d.com/allassets/c7850767b1ffcf4b2224fa22fa798f43161f1517?q=decals
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Timestamps for the Video:
Introduction
0:00
Method #1 - Locked in Decal
1:26
Quixel Bridge
2:07
Use Photoshop to Place Opacity in Color Map
5:16
Finishing Method #1
7:35
Method #2 - Moving/Scaling/Rotating Decal
10:00
Substance Player
12:25
Scaling Moving Decal Correctly
13:45
Height Maps and Rainfall in Lumion
15:00
Example of How Decals are Reusable
15:35
Read the Man Hole Cover Wisdom
16:30
Showing How Tiling is Broken By Decals
20:15
Placing Decals on Vertical Walls
20:45
Conclusion
26:00