Thats pretty cool, especially the render! really like that, I think Im going to have to look at some renderers!

yea, I think ill probably be making some similar ones for his friends. I will be modelling my car audio install in sketchup too, probably next year now. Tom.

Nice render, i think youve captured the lighting very well, itd be cool with a background to it though.

There is an English presentation http://www.passiefhuisplatform.be/multimedia/001/

Lovely ring, what Material did you use for the Gem?

Thanks a bunch, Guys! Tomislavm, the file is 1.42M and the model is 800'x400'. Pete, lets not push the season ahead yet, thanks :`) Here's a couple more with a different look...? [image: NyLB_tn_shortbeach8-bert.jpg] [image: JLvc_tn_shortbeach10-bert.jpg] [image: sNxi_tn_shortbeach11-whtsky2.jpg] [image: UelL_tn_shortbeach11-whtsky3.jpg]

Thanks for the input guys. I don't do a lot of renderings like this. I work as the only drafter for a small environmental consulting company that specializes in gas station design and environmental compliance. Most of the drafting i do is with civil 3d and basic autocad, but it is very nice to be able to use sketchup when needed. The only 3d rendering experience I had before sketchup was what little i did in high school using Autocad 2000. Because i don't do this stuff very often, and have never really considered myself very artistic, i have a lack of confidence when it comes to making something look good (for other people, i know what i like) and much appreciate the input from anyone else. these are all great ideas and i will make sure to implement them in my next rendering project.

great effect!!!

Very nice work Jason.

here i made an example... it wasnt motion but radial blur i used 10%. you can make a batch where you can deside how much the blur will be. will take a lot of time but i think the sequence will look a bit more realistic [image: FBfg_radialblur_zoom10.jpg] [image: RHxq_radialblur_zoom10_2.jpg]

Hard Drive with a normal Map: [image: harddrive.jpg]

Really thanks for the comments! I already have a texture... but i think it isnt that good..(photoshop is hard to use..And Sketchup cant projected it everywehere nice on the model...)So i think i'll wait with the texture till i have some moe skills there. Thanks Solo, but i didnt really used a proxy to this model... first i make a polygon surface, and move that in from of the t-rex, than just push/pull it, and move and scale... I modeled in this geometry... [image: rex4.jpg] Than just smooth it.. with subdivide and smooth tool. I modeled it as they do in 3ds max..and other expensive programs

Thanks for the advice everyone. I was using the mouse + scroll the whole time and not alt + right click drag. At the moment it's hard to get the angle I want, but I'm sure a bit of experience will sort that out. So I got into a model (was just testing the church of light) and found it extremely difficult to set up the interior - I would have already ruled interiors out if I had not seen kwistenbiebel's example above. I have a pretty good feeling that i'll still be using vray for interiors though

Hi scottpara, Just had a quick look at your website. Some nice rendered shots. I notice you have used SU Podium, Vray and Artlantis Studio 2. I didn't see any examples of Hypershot. Do you have any to view? As you seem to have experience of using all these renderers can you give some impressions of what you think of them? Having taken a quick look at them myself, Vray seems to produce the best results (beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I know). and has a reputation for being fast. But I also found it to have the most stark interface with a steep learning curve. For best results it also requires you to use its own optimised materials. For Sketchup, these seem to be in very short supply. There are suggestions for converting the vast material libraries available for 3DS MAX for use in SketchUp. For such an expensive program that seems pretty ridiculous! SU Podium seems to be the most user friendly and well integrated option for use with SketchUp. The next version with its new features, sounds like it could make it a powerful tool. I believe Artlantis Studio 2 requires you to export SketchUp files and then import them. I have always thought this to be too much of a kludge. I prefer integrated solutions. However, I suppose the results are more important. I would be interested to hear your views. Regards Mr S

Thanks Its hard to stay away from putting too much detail in.

It was nice to have a path/camera memory in couple with the space navigator. Start recording, fly through the model, stop and play it again,Sam

Tom, This may sound odd, but the first image is by far and away the strongest IMHO. Love the simplicity and the muted colour palette. Less is more Really nice. More please. Andy

@unknownuser said: Sorry, part 2 was never made. Well, you should Part 1 had some very cool texturing tips I didn't know of.

@mirjman said: prince- great realistic feel to the atmosphere in that room! are you saying this is lightup? No this is v-ray for sketchup. @juanjo06 said: beautiful... how did you render the animation, better said, what is the other software u used to join the vray image rendered. i just know how to render the each frame but i don´t know how to make the video. Thanks, I used windows movie maker which comes with all vista machines

I assembled each frame using VirtualDub, which is both free-ware and one of the best application out there for video editing...