This lesson introduces the essentials of Twinmotion, from installation through first project setup. Students will learn how to create an Epic Games account, install Twinmotion, and navigate the interface with core tools such as the import dock, media panel, populate features, and scene graph. Best practices for organizing layers and containers ensure clean, revision-friendly workflows. The lesson also explores new 2025 features including volumetric clouds, accurate shadow maps, orthographic views, the measure tool, and enhanced camera path animations.

This lesson builds practical workflows for preparing and presenting scenes in Twinmotion. Students apply and edit materials, integrate Megascans and Sketchfab assets, and organize furniture, vegetation, and characters to enrich visualizations. Camera tools, view management, and environmental controls bring scenes to life through lighting, weather, and atmosphere adjustments. The lesson concludes with rendering engines—real-time, lumen, and path tracer—alongside effects and export settings that balance quality, performance, and project goals. By the end, learners can transform imported models into polished, client-ready presentations with efficient rendering strategies.

Establish a live workflow between Revit and Twinmotion using the Direct Link tool. Students prepare Revit models with clean 3D views, section boxes, and simplified categories to ensure efficient transfers. The process covers initial linking, syncing updates, and exporting via Datasmith while managing geometry, materials, and origins inside Twinmotion. Along the way, students refine wall assemblies, experiment with painted finishes, and learn strategies to avoid overwriting custom Twinmotion work. The lesson concludes with scene graph organization—grouping, renaming, and cleaning up categories to keep projects responsive and structured. By the end, learners can connect design and visualization seamlessly, ensuring Revit updates flow smoothly into Twinmotion without rework.

Refine imported Revit models by customizing walls, floors, ceilings, and veneers with Twinmotion’s material library and Megascans assets. Students practice scaling textures, adjusting reflectivity, and balancing tones to achieve realistic interiors. The lesson progresses through detailed workflows for countertops, cabinets, backsplashes, and appliances, before staging spaces with furniture, lighting, plants, and barstools. To maintain efficiency, students organize all imported objects into containers within the scene graph, ensuring assets remain tidy and manageable. By the end, learners can transform basic interiors into cohesive, styled environments that are both visually compelling and well-structured.

Plan, compose, and refine interior renders in Twinmotion by combining camera setup, rendering options, environmental adjustments, and layered lighting. Students define the purpose of their renders, set aspect ratios and focal lengths, and apply composition techniques such as rule of thirds and eye-level perspectives. Rendering workflows explore lumen for efficiency versus path tracer for realism, while environmental tools like dynamic skies, HDRI, turbidity, and atmosphere presets help control mood and lighting balance. The lesson concludes with detailed lighting strategies—placing, instancing, and refining spotlights, downlights, omni lights, and accent fixtures, plus using emissive materials for decorative effects. By the end, learners can produce polished, professional-quality visualizations with balanced light, consistent atmosphere, and strong visual composition.

Complete the visualization workflow by refining landscaping, accessories, and final compositions before exporting polished renders. Students add exterior vegetation, indoor plants, people, and props to create balance, scale, and storytelling within their interiors. Camera views are reviewed for composition, exposure, and shadow balance, while exporting workflows cover resolution settings, refinement, and troubleshooting crashes. The lesson concludes with reviewing exports, fixing smudgy or blotchy results, and applying subtle post-processing in Photoshop or AI upscaling tools. By the end, learners can deliver professional-quality images that combine technical precision with visual storytelling.