Ciro Cardoso is a self-taught 3D artist and a training author from an architectural background, who started experimenting with creative software and 3D applications back in 2000. In 2005, he started his own small multimedia business, working on projects as diverse as graphic designing, CAD services, architectural visualization projects, and web designing, successfully using Lumion for multimillion-dollar projects. His list of personal clients covers countries such as the United Kingdom, Portugal, the Netherlands, Angola, and Cape Verde. He is quite literate with software in general, with extensive expertise on Maya, 3ds Max, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, Lumion, Unreal Development Kit, and Bentley Microstation. He is also the author of Getting Started with Lumion 3D, Packt Publishing. Besides his work as a 3D artist, he also does some voluntary work teaching 3D modeling and architectural visualization with SketchUp and CAD to youngsters. He can be reached through his website at http://www.cirocardoso.net.