iPad & iPhone User - USA (2019-11)

REVIEW

have a room laid out, it’s a piece of cake to add objects,

then apply colours and textures to suit your tastes, no

heavy lifting required.

Finishing touches

Perhaps the most impressive aspect of Live Home

3D is how fluidly it all works. At the tap of a button,

switch from a flat, 2D view to a detailed 3D model of

your virtual home in real time, allowing you to pan,

zoom, and explore the property from almost any angle.

Views can be exported and shared as JPEG, TIFF, PNG,

BMP, or 360-degree panorama files.

There’s a rich, built-in library with thousands of

materials, furniture, and other objects to decorate

virtual homes, or import existing images and 3D objects

to see how stuff you already own will look there. Others

can be acquired via in-app purchases, but if that’s still

not enough, Live Home 3D integrates with Trimble

3D Warehouse, a popular online portal chock full of

preexisting content.

The free version is limited to a single project; a

Standard upgrade (£9.99) unlocks unlimited projects,

but the Pro upgrade (£19.99, available standalone or

in-app) is well worth the money. For starters, you’ll be

able to construct buildings higher than two storeys,

add custom light sources to objects, save images or

videos in much higher quality (up to 4K resolution),

and export 3D models for use in other software.

There are a few small improvements that the app

could use. The app doesn’t prompt for a custom name

when creating new projects and renaming can only be

done from the Project Gallery. Landscaping options

REVIEW

havearoomlaidout,it’sapieceofcaketoaddobjects,

thenapplycoloursandtexturestosuityourtastes,no

heavyliftingrequired.

Finishingtouches

PerhapsthemostimpressiveaspectofLiveHome

3Dishowfluidlyitallworks.Atthetapofabutton,

switchfromaflat,2Dviewtoadetailed3Dmodelof

yourvirtualhomeinrealtime,allowingyoutopan,

zoom,andexplorethepropertyfromalmostanyangle.

ViewscanbeexportedandsharedasJPEG,TIFF,PNG,

BMP,or360-degreepanoramafiles.

There’sarich,built-inlibrarywiththousandsof

materials,furniture,andotherobjectstodecorate

virtualhomes,orimportexistingimagesand3Dobjects

toseehowstuffyoualreadyownwilllookthere.Others

canbeacquiredviain-apppurchases,butifthat’sstill

notenough,LiveHome3DintegrateswithTrimble

3DWarehouse,apopularonlineportalchockfullof

preexistingcontent.

Thefreeversionislimitedtoasingleproject;a

Standardupgrade(£9.99)unlocksunlimitedprojects,

buttheProupgrade(£19.99,availablestandaloneor

in-app)iswellworththemoney.Forstarters,you’llbe

abletoconstructbuildingshigherthantwostoreys,

add customlightsourcestoobjects,saveimagesor

videosinmuchhigherquality(upto4Kresolution),

and export3Dmodelsforuseinothersoftware.

Thereareafewsmallimprovementsthattheapp

coulduse.Theappdoesn’tpromptforacustomname

whencreatingnewprojectsandrenamingcanonlybe

donefromtheProjectGallery.Landscapingoptions