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Using Poliigon assets in Lumion (updated 2025)
Using Poliigon assets in Lumion (updated 2025)

This article will teach you how to import textures, models and HDRIs from Poliigon into Lumion.

Updated this week

Since Poliigon no longer supports the specular workflow, Lumion users may find that they'll want to update to at least Lumion 2023, which supports a full PBR workflow.

Lumion Support

  • Textures: Full PBR Texture Support (Available from Lumion 2023)

  • Models: .FBX Support

  • HDRIs: Full Support

How to import Poliigon Models into Lumion

  • To import models into Lumion, make sure you’re first selecting .fbx as your download format from Poliigon. Then follow these steps:

  • While in Content Library in Build Mode, click on the Imported Models button and then click on Place.

  • This will bring up your Imported Model Library. Simply click on this button to import your model:

How to import Poliigon PBR Textures into Lumion

Here's a great video from Architecture Inspirations on how to import Poliigon materials into Lumon.

To import Poliigon textures using Lumion you can follow these steps:

  1. To import materials into Lumion, select the model whose material you want to edit, by clicking on the material tab, then clicking on the object.

  2. To use a material preset from Lumion’s built in library, just click through categories on the ‘Materials’ tab. To import a custom material, select the ‘New’ tab, and then at the top of the window, switch to the ‘Settings’ tab to access the individual inputs.

  3. You can then add individual texture maps by clicking on the blank square to the right of the input name, which will display the ‘load map’ text if you hover your mouse over it.

  4. Please note that Lumion expects a normal map in the Direct x format, but Poliigon provides OpenGL normals. To fix this, click the 3 dots at the right edge of the window for the ‘Relief’ (Normal) input, and select “Flip Green Channel”

  5. Lumion also support displacement maps, however please note that it’s not true geometry displacement, but rather parallax displacement.

  6. Additional inputs such as opactiy and subsurface settings can be found in the ‘Properties’ tab at the bottom of the ‘Materials’ window.

How to import Poliigon HDRIs into Blender

How to import Poliigon HDRIs into Lumion using Real Skies

  1. The easiest way to use Poliigon HDRIs in Lumion is to enable Real Skies. Lumion ships with a selection of Poliigon HDRIs available out of the box. Click on the ‘Weather’ tab of the bottom Navigation bar, then toggle the ‘Real Skies’ option:

How to import Poliigon HDRIs as a custom HDRI

  1. If you wish to use a custom HDRI, you’ll first need to switch to “Photo” mode, on the left hand navigation bar. You can then load your image using the folder icon:

  2. Lumion recommends using exterior HDR images with the horizon in the middle of the image for the best results.

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