@zylescozar19 said: @tampapowers said: Saving as .jpg seems to do what i want, but is there a way to get that result with .png? Save it to .jpeg then go to Photoshop save it again to .png. goodluck! The problem with the jpg saved from vray is that it is compressed and is lower quality than the png file. You will end up with a lower quality png file with your suggested method.

If you are using 2.0 there are presets for interiors. They work very well.

It didn´t work for me. But i found that copy all the model to a new sketchup file work and now vray can render everything!

Thanx a lot, it´s first time I see the answer !! To be more precise, and for those who work in other units than inches like in Europa, let's take an example : Wood parquet floor in SU : go and check texture size by clicking on Edit in SU Materials. I work in cm, so it tells me : 304.8 cm x 121.9 cm. You convert in inches (1 inch = 2.54 cm), or for lazy bums, you go and change units in Model info / units. So it turns that texture size is 120" x 48". Take the smaller value, and inverse : 1/48 = 0.02 Fill in Repeat on 3 axis (even though this a 2D image) : X 0.02, Y 0.02 Z 0.02 And that´s it !

We've all been there. The learning is the fun part. Well maybe not when a client is waiting for a render and you can't figure something out, that's gray hair and ulcers. Other than that - FUN FUN FUN!!!

@valerostudio said: V-Ray for SketchUp Freelancer Special Pricing http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/freelancer_promo.html (not sure if this is appropriate ) If you go down the list of resellers you'll find CGriver is offering V-Ray for freelancers for $50 less than the promo price. At $649 it's one of the less expensive options available for rendering.

As well as the other suggestions, have you tried increasing the HSph subdivs (under the irradiance map rollout) to something like 80-150 to reduce the blotchiness?

Dome light is an incredible feature. Image based lighting is where everything is heading. I read an article about Pixar's Monster University being totally lit using IBL.

Window->Preferences->Extensions and click on V-Ray for SketchUp. What version does it say you're using? FYI- The version displayed in the VFB displays the core V-Ray version, not the version of V-Ray for SketchUp that you're using.

you might also want to upgrade to the official 2.0 release.

Hi joseark, Could you post a link with your scene, I'm not sure why its doing that and If I can see how your material was created I might be able to help. Ted

Hi valerostudio, I got better results with AO turned off but still there are strange spots on the ceiling and lost the depth in the rendering with AO turned off. Can you please suggest what would be a best starting point for AO setting in a rendering which have fine moldings ? or a way around it ? Thank you. [image: yAcK_41.jpg]

...got it the problem was that at the IES lights the "soft shadows" was on.

One more material here that I use sometimes. This uses a lot of artistic license, but sometimes you just want a glass material to appear 'glassy'. This is a cheat that does not use Fresnel and is not fully transparent. It's a nice cheater. ThinCheatGlass.zip

Ahh my bad, I meant to type "I have GI and BG switched off and am only using HDRI dome"... I think the bright skies are in some cases the realistic effect with these camera settings... must learn to tweak them better and maybe start experimenting with the Aperture F value. Thanks again for the tip though, I'm sure if other people are checking in on this thread it could help them also

Thank you, i tryed that (change the IES file) and I manage to get more or less what I was looking for, I still need lots of practice for that kind of render (Night Scene, or interior). At this moment (same model) i'm having issues with a glass material, i'll upload some pictures to see if i can get some help, again thank you very much

i'm having the opposite issue, if i apply the material to a plane it renders fine, if i do it to a component or a group then it doesn't shows up in my render...

Nomer get's into a technique on his website. http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-photoshop/use-image-editing-software-inside-sketchup/

A trick I use is to be sure to place each ID material to one of the proxy triangles. This way it is seen as used and will not purge and it also stays along with the component. Beware that purge plugins will also purge materials that are used as part of a 2-sided material. Chaos recommends using the purge material feature inside the material editor.

I don't have vray or a mac, but one possibility and a bump so others may answer, check that you don't have the face reversed.