Thanx guys, this is very helpfull. Can't wait for the weekend to try this. @ Boofredlay: Your tutorial is so clean and looks easy to do. Thank you so much.

Looks great Solo

@pixero said: Have you downloaded the new (v2) LightUp Player? If I remember correct it won't work with v1 player. Yes, that was it. I needed the new version. Excellent stuff, Jan!

nice... I figured those reflections came from some renderer... nice smooth movement.

Must be spring time. Oli's outta hibernation.

Thanks for the input and taking time to look. I fixed the typo. A bit about my process. I don't use Layout, all these sheets were formatted in Photoshop after exporting JPG files from SketchUp. Also, I don't typically use SketchUp for presentation or marketing graphics. I use it primarily as a schematic design and design development tool and often export DWG files back to AutoCad for further development into the production of construction drawings. The images I posted were an outgrowth of this process, thus the simple, basic SketchUp rendering techniques you see. Having said that, I am interested in exploring some of the photo-realistic / ray-tracing options for SketchUp. My next effort will be to find out which of the options out there are best for my type of work. Any suggestions based on what you saw in my portfolio are welcome.

Here's a belt buckle to go with my pimp cup and magic stick [image: m3BJ_Metal_R_2.png] Patreezy fo' sheezy

A water drain cap and some dirt will do it justice,though.(imo)

Thanks michaliszissiou and noareal- good information, i was wondering what people meant when they talked about baked.. Majid, great renders!

Gor for it, but the model needs a cleanup with thoms 'CleanUp' script. Lots of little errors

I like NPR renders, and yours are amazing !

Hello Bob, it was all built on derelict dockland, it was constructed around 20 yrs at a cost of £26 million along with the marina. 100 of "apartments" were built, the majority now rented as social housing (now thats progress). It staged the 2010 Tall Ships Race at a cost of £2.8 million to the local tax-payers - long live the council. John

It's alive!

Just get a large aquarium tank, a few gallons of Flourinert, a pump and radiator and toss all the gubbins in there. Add some blue LED lights for extra cool. Better yet, add a divider so that one half can be water for tropical fish and the heat will help keep them nice and warm.

Yeah, it sounds like they've put some time into it's development, which I suppose you'd have to for that sort of thing. He seemed to skirt around the questions regarding what sort of meaningful changes were put into the mac version (...um, it's prettier and the UI is less costumizable, but you have 2 color options?). And the guy who piped in at the end seemed a little overly defensive regarding autodesk's relationship with apple. It felt a bit like the guy being accused of being a racist who says, 'well, i've got a lot of black friends!' (or in this case we bought maya which is on the mac and there are lots of people here who have iphones). All in all, I'd say that it's a good sign for mac users that they've created the mac version and I suspect it will work just as well as the windows version. -Brodie

Very nice.

Lol..I know and I feel bad about it, I just didn't have it in me to model much these past weeks,Sorry. Will try to get back on it soon.

Thanks Andre.... allanx

Nice, reminds me of this image by my favorite illustrator, Ernest Shepherd. [image: EH+Shepherd.jpg]

Looks good! Is this Modo 501? I've been dying to buy it, but since there's no demo yet, I'm holding off.