Importing the scene to Maxwell Studio does give better results with the built in semi ortho cameras.

Just about anything is possible through Python Scripting in Maxwell -- pyMaxwell is probably one of my favorite new Maxwell features in quite some time (now if I was only better at scripting ) Best, Jason.

Outstanding article Francois! I thought you presented a really compelling argument for the value of using both SketchUp and Maxwell (as well as the combination of the two). I also want to say that the images you used as examples are excellent and highly artistic (as always). Thank-you for sharing Best, Jason.

Also, you may find this thread interesting: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=45091 Best, Jason.

Thank for the info!

I found these useful when I just starting out with Photoshop. You can find them on a podcast too. http://blog.lynda.com/tag/photoshop-top-40/

Hi Tom, This piece of spirit will make you shine and good @t_osborn said: I will keep trying Don't stop n give up.. regards, vd

Hello! I exported as an .MXS and then just hit the black render button, despite exporting out the original .skp scene.. it worked! Thats makes noooooo sense to me, but Solo, thanks for the tip, it solved this problem! Really, thanks. Was pulling my hair out. Cheers for the help

@juliogriebeler said: Hello, i want to load 3 similar extensions with different names and icons. But with all activated in the menu Window/Preferences, in the menu View/Toolbar/ shows only one of them. Anyone know a solution to load the three at the same time? This probably belongs in the Developers' forum ? When you write a new 'tool' you create a toolbar and add commands into it; each commands has its own button images etc... If you have separate scripts loading you need to make an enduring reference to the toolbar. So have a 'loader' script, with a 'module' [say module Julios...... end] in which you define the toolbar with a @tbar = ... reference. Then get it to load the other scripts which you have in a subfolder [perhaps called 'Julios']. Then have each of those script's 'tools' encased in the same named 'module', and have some code to add each tool's command/button to ' @tbar' toolbar. This way you make the toolbar and add items too it from other scripts, by sharing the same module and a common reference to the toolbar, using a @ name that 'endures'

It's not a big price else you have some other where you can put any profile Here Extrude Edges by rail by faces by TIG Take a very tiny face [image: file.php?id=88451]

I know KT is good and most of all its free, but this one is fun.. I just never got any easier render software than this one, Before i was know z-path render which is kind of the same behavior like renderin.. but have no further news from the developer. And after all the rendering process need to take to post production work, to make it look better... so for me this software is fun My test render: [image: nelsonvillajimbaranforr.jpg] Explore a bit more and you will fall in love with this software.. regards, vd

Do you have anything 'wwx' auto-loaded from the Plugins folder ?

Thank you for the feedback Jason, I'll experiment with the psd method, I didn't think about saving it as .hdr - it will be interesting to see how it appears inside maxwell

For future reference on the Twilight Render website there is a "Tutorials" link. There you will find the video tutorials for Twilight Render SketchUp plugin. They are made in such a way that people that do not understand spoken English so well can still learn how to use the plugin. (Videos are also available in Spanish and Japanese) The next place to go for beginners would naturally be the FAQ section of the user forum. In this case, it is not a list of some odd made-up words that no one actually ever asks about. No, it's actually a list of the most frequently asked 'beginner' questions. Warming up the sky: There are many controls for physical sky, and color of sun, sun radius (how soft the sun shadows are) in the Light Editor dialog for Twilight. Check these tips for beginners wanting to warm up the sun and sky, and speed up renderings and general working in SketchUp: Default Sky Setting for Twilight... and speed up SU (includes an excellent default sun and sky .skp template file) First thing to do to warm up the Sun and Sky In addition of course you can use any spherical sky image in .hdr or .jpg format. If somehow the User Manual (comprehensive, fully hyper-linked, well organized, and searchable) does not have an answer to your question, you can check out the Best Of Tips and Tricks - The Master List Lastly the Twilight Render community forum is very friendly, helpful, and welcoming to all. It is very similar to the lovely folks here at the SketchUcation forum. Finally, users of the free trial still get free support from our user forum. People who purchase a Twilight Render license get access to the Red Carpet Section of the user forum, a lot of free advanced video tutorials, user content, scenes, etc.

@kingsi said: Hi Adam. Was going to ask these questions via pm but figured they might be of interest to others. Sliders were not on the link so could not change time of day Had some problems with element z-ordering in some browsers. Should now be fixed. Try again. @kingsi said: Does your lightup logo always have to be on the player. For example if I were to use it and have it on my site or offer to embed on clients site would want my logo or theirs (sorry my bad) When you export, you can set any watermark image you like AND set a website to go to when the user clicks on the watermark. The default is the LightUp logo and a website of http://light-up.co.uk, but you can set both to anything you like when exporting. @kingsi said: Apart from that I am loving a. the help you have shown and just as importantly b. the quality of the plugin Many thanks Simon Glad to hear. Adam

Thanks Charly Had a look at the website and am slightly confused by what this software actually does. I shall try the trial and see what happens.

Really nice !!!!

@jd hill said: So in light of that, I made two major changes in the first update after the introduction of the standalone. First, I added an option, enabled by default, for directing the window to auto-start the export/render upon opening the window. Second, seeing that the majority of users would now likely have no idea what goes on in Maxwell Studio, I redesigned the entire window: [image: su-fire-window-empty.jpg] That's what it now looks like when first opened; if you have not disabled the auto-start option, then once the model has been exported, those graphics & links in the main area slide away. I hope you think this is an improvement. JD - Happy Friday! Finally had a chance to install the current maxwell render plugin - Awesome job!!! I like the UI improvements, but the render improvements are huge!

Ok there is actually a work-around to do this, but I never try it. http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbulletin/showthread.php?59457-Matte-Shadow-Fake-Shadow-on-HDRI-Background-Tutorial

Same thing is happening to me. I installed Podium to try it - and after install, I don't see any toolbars. The folders are in the plugins directory and everything else seems to work, but no Podium.