iPad & iPhone User - UK (2020-01)

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you 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 purchase,

but if that’s still not enough, Live Home 3D integrates

with Trimble 3D Warehouse, a popular online portal

chock full of pre-existing 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 floors,

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

REVIEWS

youhavearoomlaidout,it’sapieceofcaketoadd

objects,thenapplycoloursandtexturestosuityour

tastes,noheavyliftingrequired.

Finishingtouches

PerhapsthemostimpressiveaspectofLiveHome3D

ishowfluidlyitallworks.Atthetapofabutton,switch

fromaflat,2Dviewtoadetailed3Dmodelofyour

virtualhomeinrealtime,allowingyoutopan,zoom,

andexplorethepropertyfromalmostanyangle.Views

canbeexportedandsharedasJPEG,TIFF,PNG,BMP,or

360-degreepanoramafiles.

There’sarich,built-inlibrarywiththousandsof

materials,furniture,andotherobjectstodecorate

virtualhomes,orimportexistingimagesand3D

objectstoseehowstuffyoualreadyownwilllook

there.Otherscanbeacquiredviain-apppurchase,

but if that’sstillnotenough,LiveHome3Dintegrates

withTrimble3DWarehouse,apopularonlineportal

chockfullofpre-existingcontent.

Thefreeversionislimitedtoasingleproject;a

Standardupgrade(£9.99)unlocksunlimitedprojects,

buttheProupgrade(£19.99),availablestandalone

orin-app)iswellworththemoney.Forstarters,you’ll

beabletoconstructbuildingshigherthantwofloors,

add customlightsourcestoobjects,saveimagesor

videosinmuchhigherquality(upto4Kresolution),

and export3Dmodelsforuseinothersoftware.

Thereareafewsmallimprovementsthattheapp

coulduse.Theappdoesn’tpromptforacustomname

whencreatingnewprojectsandrenamingcanonlybe

donefromtheProjectGallery.Landscapingoptions