Sketch-Up Renderers

One of the longtime limitations of working with SketchUp in designing for film and television has been the final output of the program. As powerful as SketchUp is as a modeling tool, and as dynamic as the animations and moving sections can be, the image output from SketchUp has been limited to a shaded polygon model or one lit by a single source (the sun). Even the models lit by the sun are relatively flat and lifeless, without any change of val…

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Interactive 3D Visualization of Building Envelope Systems Using Infrared Thermography and Sketch Up

Infrared thermography also known as thermal imaging can provide accurate, nondestructive information about the thermal envelope performance of any building. This includes validation of structural details, verification of energy performance (conduction and air leakage), location of moisture intrusion, and the identification of structural and system degradation of roofs and facades. Thermography has been used since the 1960s to detect and diagnos…

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VRay-Like Interior Renders with Mental Ray

Contents : Rendering and Setting, Lighting with IBL, Vray for Maya, Render Test with Exterior Lighting, Render-Test (Teapot Room) and Path Material, Area Light Setting and Hint about Post Work, Explanation about: Mental Ray Shaders andRender Global Settings, Render Test (Teapot Room), Settings and Scene File, Advantages of Render in Passes, Rendering with FG + AO, Render Test and Usage of dirtmap in a mix 20 layer shading network, Hints about ph…

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3DS Max and Mental Ray – Realistic Caustic

with transparent or translucent materials, glossy materials, liquids and others, achieving realistic lighting can be a bit tougher. The key to working with lighting for these types of materials is caustics. Caustics is light rays being reflected or refracted through a material, creating a focused light ray on the other side of the material. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to achieve simple yet realistic caustics in 3D Studio Max. Follow tuto…

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Mental Ray Indoor Lighting

Mental ray is a rendering software which generates images of outstanding quality and unsurpassed realism. It combines the physically correct simulation of the behavior of light with full programmability for the creation of any imaginable visual phenomena. The software uses advanced and proprietary acceleration and sampling techniques for faster rendering on even the smallest, single processor machines. At the same time, mental ray achieves optim…

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