LightUp

Burkhard · 26 Jun 2008, 11:05

Waiting for the new announcement of the updated Plugin from AdamB
Version 1.1c available incl. http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=MrM2Czpya_k

AdamB · 27 Jun 2008, 20:04

Can't ignore an opening like that!

Yes, LightUp v1.1c is on the server and has many fixes and improvements. Come and get it, I think you'll be pleased with the improvements.

Here a little video of the Sponza building processed by LightUp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KANx9iUqiWM which I thought was pretty neat even if I say so myself.

Adam

kwistenbiebel · 27 Jun 2008, 21:14

Wow Adam. That is pretty impressive. The Sponza looks great with Lightup. I know that is a rather big file so by the looks of it, LightUp does a good job.
The ambient occlusion looks prety ok to me. Maybe a little messy in the darker parts (difficult for all render engines), but very good on direct lit surfaces.

Looks like a nice improvement.

Regards,
Kwistenbiebel

lewiswadsworth · 27 Jun 2008, 21:23

Just downloaded the new version, Adam. Thanks...this should be very interesting.

Phil Rader AIA · 28 Jun 2008, 07:32

I've downloaded it but I'll wait till I have more time to play with it.

Looking forward to kicking the tires on this one.

remus · 28 Jun 2008, 07:42

LightUp for SketchUp

Sketchup realtime lighting plugin

LightUp for SketchUp (www.light-up.co.uk)

MALAISE · 28 Jun 2008, 17:51

really impressive this upgrade, thanks a lot. I try to simulate XRays scaterring in a box ( as far as XRay is also Light ...), it's very interesting to see the invisible..

MALAISE ( from FRANCE )

gaganraj · 29 Jun 2008, 00:14

this is great!

remus · 29 Jun 2008, 16:03

Any chance you could post some pics of your experiments malaise? it sounds very interesting.

MALAISE · 29 Jun 2008, 17:19

Hallo

Has someone feedback from the version LightUp v1.1c ?
At this moment, I can't use the sprite ( simulating small light source) which is turn into
texture despite the <$> facing the name. So I stay blocked when the rendering is made...

I 'll send some picture if I can solve that problem . Thanks Remus for your interest about
Xrays..

MALAISE (PAM)

mateo soletic · 29 Jun 2008, 17:28

Thanks,
This looks great. I just downloaded it. Dont have time
right now but I will definately try it out.

putnik · 30 Jun 2008, 03:16

AdamB, looks very interesting! Does it work in SketchUp 5? I couldn't find this on your web site (perhaps wasn't looking hard enought).

AdamB · 30 Jun 2008, 11:48

@putnik said:

AdamB, looks very interesting! Does it work in SketchUp 5? I couldn't find this on your web site (perhaps wasn't looking hard enought).

Thanks.

No LightUp only supports SketchUp 6 (and higher!) because to integrate with SU nicely it uses WebDialogs and Observers.

Adam

putnik · 1 Jul 2008, 01:03

Ok, thanks

Jorgensen · 3 Jul 2008, 11:41

I have tree quite simple questions i guess

How do you walk around like in the Sponza building ?
When I try to walk I loose the lightning

Is the light included when one export as AVI ?

Is it possible to export 2d images containing the lights in a heigh resolution ?

Thanks

juju · 3 Jul 2008, 15:56

@jorgensen said:

How do you walk around like in the Sponza building ?
When I try to walk I loose the lightning

Noticed that as well. I have the gravity switched on in the LU options and then navigate using that and scenes.

@jorgensen said:

Is the light included when one export as AVI ?

Exporting animation with LU takes some time, the red line at the bottom of the screen is a progress bar (EDIT: just figured out it measures the time the demo has been loaded, once it reaches the righthand side of the screen SU locks up). Depending on your machine capabilities and the amount of scenes and lighting you have set you might want to go make yourself some coffee/tea/lunch/5 course meal while waiting. ... Oh lord it takes loooong, and I only had 3 scenes (using the LU studio skippy) to check the AVI export (and at a low viewport res at that!) so I can give you the correct answer. Sorry but the demo licence expired before the export finished. You know the demo licence only works for 30 minutes at a time then SU locks up.

@jorgensen said:

Is it possible to export 2d images containing the lights in a heigh resolution ?

When you hit the enter/return button on your keyboard it takes a screenshot at 5x the resolution of your viewport. They're saved in TGA format and takes up quite a bit of space.

Also have a look at the LU manual Adam put together. It's not complete by far, but it is quite useful.

kwistenbiebel · 3 Jul 2008, 16:21

@unknownuser said:

Sorry but the demo licence expired before the export finished. You know the demo licence only works for 30 minutes at a time then SU locks up.

That's funny:
"come on now...need to be fast here...can't think...how much time left?..let's export..and...zzzoing....time's up"

Jorgensen · 3 Jul 2008, 18:33

Hi Juju

Thanks for your very usefull information.

It's strange that it takes long to export as AVI, does it have to render the light for each frame ?

Thanks
Jorgensen

AdamB · 3 Jul 2008, 18:35

@jorgensen said:

I have tree quite simple questions i guess

How do you walk around like in the Sponza building ?
When I try to walk I loose the lightning

If you start the Tourtool and switch on Collision and Gravity you will be able to walk around buildings etc. It isn't the Sketchup Walk tool.

@jorgensen said:

Is the light included when one export as AVI ?

LightUp completely replaces the Sketchup rendering so functions that save screenshot of Sketchup won't work. LightUp currently only supports saving high resolution screenshots that can be sampled down to a useable size in a PS, PaintShop Pro etc.

Exporting movies from LightUp sounds like a useful feature for a future version though.

Adam

AdamB · 3 Jul 2008, 18:38

@unknownuser said:

You know the demo licence only works for 30 minutes at a time then SU locks up.

At the risk of being a pedant, it doesn't "Lock up" Sketchup after 30 minutes. It times out and stops working but you can continue using SU as normal without LightUp for as long as you like.

Adam