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HDRi Skies

Submitted by AlHart on Wed, 2012-03-07 08:59

HDRi Sky Rendering2.jpg

Exterior Scene with HDRi Sky

 

HDRi Skies and backgrounds provide a full, 360 degree, image used for the visual background, as well as lighting and reflections. See: HDRi Skies

Render Tip - Balancing Interior and Exterior Lighting in SketchUp

Submitted by AlHart on Sun, 2012-11-18 08:03

 

 
How do I balance interior and exterior lighting?

Balancing interior and exterior lighting in SketchUp is a challenge many 3D designers face. The question of how to do it recently popped up in our IRender nXt forum so we decided to cover it here.

Simple Exterior Rendering with

Submitted by AlHart on Wed, 2012-04-25 06:04

First Rendering - Exterior Scene


3D Warehouse model you could use for the first rendering

Sketchy Shadows Tutorial

Submitted by AlHart on Sun, 2012-02-26 09:49

House1-white-SS-bp.png

Sketchy Shadows Tutorial - How to create Sketchy Shadows with SketchUp and NprTools.

Use images and textures for faster rendering

Submitted by AlHart on Tue, 2012-02-21 22:31

Basic Editing Features in RpTools

Submitted by AlHart on Sun, 2012-02-19 22:16

The basic functions of RpTools make it easy to perform edits on components, or any set of selected items, using Wizards to enter precise dimensions and Arrow Icons to specify the direction or orientation o fthe edit.

Move

Move Wizard for RpTools .

The Move Wizard is useful for more exact positioning.

In this example, we want to move an component exactly 3' along the red axis.

Exporting Masks from SketchUp Models for Use in Photoshop

Submitted by SketchUpArtists on Tue, 2011-05-17 08:27

Lewis Wadsworth explains in simple terms what masks are. So, now that you've got your head around what masking is, as far as a digital image is concerned, you are probably wondering what this has to do with SketchUp. Read Lewis's latest tutorial and find out more!

Rendering Tip - Use self glow for backlit objects

Submitted by AlHart on Sat, 2009-11-21 10:34

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(Self glow applied to television screen)


Self Glow illuminates a surface as if it had light shining on it, without actually making it a light.

* Balance illumination in scene without adding additional lights.
* More realistic signs, monitors and projection devices.
* Faster rendering times.

Tips for choosing a renderer for SketchUp

Submitted by AlHart on Fri, 2009-09-18 22:39

This Tutorial highlights SketchUp features which some renderers may not be able to handle. It does not get into artificial lighting, reflection and other special rendering features which are also important, but concentrates on the importance that the renderer be able to handle SketchUp features - materials, images, transparency, sun and sky, etc. which make it easier to start adding advacnced features to your model for rendering without having to modify the model to render the items which are already there.

Top 3 Ways to Turbocharge SketchUp on Large Projects

Submitted by Christopher Grant on Mon, 2007-01-08 00:09

Here are three techniques for improving three specific areas of SketchUp that affect nearly every large-scale architectural project: interactivity, output time and file size.

Follow Me: Drawing A Sphere

Submitted by jim on Wed, 2007-07-11 07:38

This is a SketchUp model which uses scenes to demonstrate step-by-step the answer the SketchUp newbie's most asked question: How do I draw a sphere?

 

 

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