V-Ray for SketchUp

ing the users to have the most natural light possible without spending too much time to achieve it. V-Ray for SketchUp also supports High Dynamic Range values, also called HDRI (High Dynamic Range Image). With a normal 24bit, 8bit per channel RGB image (Low Dynamic Range Image), the brightest white color you can get is R255, G255 and B255. But this is still thousands times lower than what the sun light can produce. With the HDR file format, users…

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SketchUp Renders with Kerkythea

One feature that is missing in SketchUp, though, is photo-realistic rendering. But don’t let that stop you… You can add high-quality rendering to the free SketchUp software even if you don’t have any of the full-featured commercial rendering programs like 3ds max, VRay, maxwell etc. Although there are some commercial rendering solutions available for SketchUp (namely Twilight, Podium, VRay for SketchUp, LightUp, IDX Renditioner – all of these i…

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VRay for Sketchup Setup

Simple step by step tutorial for setting up Vray in Sketchup for Vray user beginner. This tutorial teach you how to setup lights and material for creating realistic scene with Sketchup. For all beginner sketchup users, this VRay tutorial is realy helpful for making high quality realistic 3D scene. Follow Tutorial VRay for Sketchup Setup…

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Using HDRI in Vray SketchUp

Using HDRI in Vray SketchUp. HDRI stands for High Dynamic Range Imaging. It is a technique that allows a larger span or range of luminance between the light and dark areas of an image. You can use Photoshop or Photomatix to create HDRI. For this tutorial, I will not talk about how to create them but rather how to use them in Vray SketchUp. Word from author “Let me begin this tutorial by using this simple SketchUp setup composing of different typ…

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The Dennis Technique for SketchUp Models in Photoshop

The Dennis Technique for SketchUp Models in Photoshop. The big concept is to put a Black & White drawing over a coloured one and then artistically erase just enough of the top Black and White so that essential parts of the drawing are accented with colour. It is easy to line up the layers in Photoshop if they are rendered with the same resolution from the same position with the same camera lens. When you are exporting your images from Googl…

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