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 in…

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V-Ray for SketchUp

When rendering an image with any rendering program, including VRay for SketchUp, you must understand three main factors that will affect the image: Lighting, Materials, and Mapping. Lighting plays the most important role among these three. It will affect the color, shadow, reflection and refraction among every single object in the scene. VRay for SketchUp is a rendering engine equipped with Global Illumination (GI), which helps the users setup th…

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VRay for Beginner Tutorial

VRay Beginner Tutorial is a render plugin created by Chaosgroup. Right now, VRay is available for 3dsmax, Maya and Rhino3D. VRay help artist to create photo realistic rendering, using global illumination. This vray tutorial is a brief introduction to VRay. I will use VRay for 3dsmax. In this short vray tutorial, you will know basic VRay features and what this plugin capable of. Therefore, this tutorial is for you who don’t know anything abo…

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Sketchup Tutorial Modeling a City

SketchUp is a 3D modeling program designed for architects, civil engineers, filmmakers, game developers, and related professions. Sketchup is also includes features to facilitate the placement of models in Google Earth. It is designed to be easier to use than other 3D CAD programs. A feature of SketchUp is the 3D Warehouse that lets SketchUp users search for models made by others and contribute models. Creating a successful model means creating o…

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Twilight Render – User Manual

Twilight Render is A photo-realistic rendering plug-in for Google SketchUp. Now realistic renderings are possible from within SketchUp without having to spend months or years learning some complicated software. With Twilight Render, it takes care of much of the hard work for you, so you can concentrate on designing and even enjoy rendering. To render your completed SketchUp model using Twilight Render follow these (6) simple steps. 1. Insert Lig…

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