arguably you could then output from rhino into 3ds i guess

Jim you are absolutely correct preset cannot change softness of omni lights.

Hehe yea. After yesterday's incident, there's a few more backups of my scripts now.

Thanks, BTM If you decide to upload all 12, in a zip file (which would be easier for me - since I can download all 12 at once), then name them 1,2,3,4 for each type. (Criss-cross shadows require that the various patterns go up by 1, e.g. if xxx1.jpg is the first criss-cross, then xxx2.jpg needs to be the second. Also, if you have the opportunity to easily save them as .png files, then that will improve the quality of the product that much more - by not having to deal with the loss of quality with .jpg compression.) Also, when you get your copy of the product, and try them out and if you want to change them, all 12 images are stored in a folder - (It will actually be called: C:\program Files\Render Plus\RpTools\appl\NprTools\Images ) Other users - you will be able to select any group of images of you own for use as patterns as well. [image: SeR5_btm-images.png]

thanks for the help, .... i tried to download sketchup 6 spanish version and it worked!~~

Me too. The biggest complaint I hear is about speed so I think this should help out a lot. -Brodie

Try http://www.ikeafans.com/blog/3d-ikea-furniture-autocad-google-sketchup/. Hope that helps.

@unknownuser said: Wow these are superb, and congratulations to Nomeradona! thanks james...

I currently have AutoScreenRecorder (Free) on. So far I like it. Certainly the pro has more options.

My whites never go higher than RGB 220,220,220...(in any render engine). The fryrender one cleared up after 5 hours, but I admit that I prefer Indigo's color bleeding much more. Fry: Pure sky [image: fry-sky.jpg] Fry: Sky + sun....Fire flies [image: fryrender-sun.jpg] I always have the feeling that Fry is faster because it has more bias? The Indigo output clearly has more bleeding and color depth going on, as if the light bounces of several times more.....at the expense of longer render time? As a side note: In Indigo, having the option to control sun and sky seperately should be implemented. In other words, the direct sun light should get its own 'layer' to blend.

So it is, slightly under whelming but very tempting at the same time. Could cover the cost of my shiny new indigo license

@gaieus said: And yeah, true that it's so easy to find resources yet often hard to tell if they are legit or pirated. Yup, often you come across people posting links where it comes across as they made it them self. Been burned there a few times.

There is always the concern that if you use some small name codec, that your users will then have to download and install that codec in order to view your videos. Keep that in mind, Chris

Just keep your eyes open. I will post it on this thread: NprTools

if you just put a little bit of effort to learn it, mapzone can be a really powerful tool when used in conjunction with an image editor like gimp or even by it's self.

TBD, Thanks for looking into it. It appears the problem had nothing to do with LightUp. It is solved now but I still don't know what was actually causing it. I don't remember which script was the last to be installed. MIght have been FreeScale update or Chris's Perpendicular face or some other. I started uninstalling scripts one by one in alphabetical order (using Ashampoo Uninstaller) aiming to completely reinstall SketchUp. I would try to fire up SketchUp every now and then, and it suddenly stopped bugsplatting! I don't have any tyime at the moment to look more closely into it, maybe later. The toolbars were all over the place when SketchUp finally did open. It seems coincedental that bugsplatting started on the last day of LightUp Demo. It might have something to do with what registry entries Ashampoo Uninstaller saved after LightUp installation. I would have moved toolbars around to place LightUp toolbar where I wanted it. So perhaps when Ashampoo reverted back to pre-LightUp state it also removed some of those registry entries relating to the new toolbar positions of OTHER scripts.

I personally use kerkythea not only because I like the rendering engine, it also lets you add as standalone models and other things directly to kerkythea without being in the sketchup model, making this a lighter, add birds because many models (trees and cars by example) greatly hinders the work in sketchup, speaks directly to the Gstaad ekrkythea me the quality and can be reached VRay quality also, quite clearly known. I am waiting for the moment the new version!

@frederik said: @eulgrand said: In the material editor, uncheck the "Visible" flag in the Model Flags section of your material. By unchecking the "Visible" flag for the material in the Material Editor, you will also loose the shadows... The object won't cast any... Oops, I got confused by the pop-up message. I should have checked, sorry [image: 6qn7_2009-04-25_075124.jpg]

Getting rid of geometry which doesn't effect the scene - including reflection and shadows - is always a good idea. Layers are find too - and you can just turn off the layers for each view.-- The trees work in Revit - we haven't added ground cover yet. I'mm stil waiting to see if the large model renders. These large models aren't very fast.

Kerkythea do have a powerful instancing brush feature. Cant say it would beat Vue7 in large scale animated nature creation, but in smaller scale it's fairly effective. Take a look on gallery or forum wip/final renders. Learn to use it with Instancing Brush Tutorial for 2008 Echo and get some model libraries and start painting your canvas with vegetation.