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      zammorix
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      so can someone tell me of any plugins that enhance lighting and shadow effects such as light up. but light up is too weird. it doesnt work for me. 😎

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        remus
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        If you want o make your lighting look better you need ot render your scene really. For this you need a render engine like kerkythea or podium

        Another little trick thats a lot faster, but doesnt give as good results, is to reverse the position of the light and dark sliders in the shadow settings.

        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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          Al Hart
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          IRender has implemented most of the SketchUp lights so that they cast shadows in the scene without your having to specify them as lights and assign wattages to them.

          Just place the light from the SketchUp component and click render.

          http://wiki.renderplus.com/images/9/9a/Refl_sample.jpg

          SketchUp component rendered as light. (Mirror was added with the IRender mirror wiazard.)

          Al Hart

          http://wiki.renderplus.com/images/e/ef/Render_plus_colored30x30).PNG
          IRender nXt from Render Plus

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            zammorix
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            k thanks i hope these work ill get back to you guys if i need help if thats ok. 👍

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              Jim
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              @zammorix said:

              so can someone tell me of any plugins that enhance lighting and shadow effects such as light up. but light up is too weird. it doesnt work for me. 😎

              If LightUp doesn't work, please contact the author. His name is Adam Billyard, and he is an active member of this community. I'm sure he would appreciate the report.

              Hi

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