What is the best Rendering Package for Sketchup

Ecuadorian · 16 Sept 2009, 23:51

the best package to maximise the WOW factor?

WOW factor = Post-production. In Photoshop/GIMP/Lightroom, you name it. Richard has shown that even raw SketchUp output can look great if you know how to do good post-production.

So don't worry too much about what render package you choose, if you decide to render at all, and learn to do good photo compositing, learn some basic effects like bloom, vignetting, and start your collection of high-quality cutouts of people, plants, etc., for compositing.

xrok1 · 17 Sept 2009, 00:42

i think you'll find as many opinions as you will renderers, but... since mine is the only one that actually counts , get Twilight. its great at any price, it just so happens that the price is as great as the software. (till Sept,24)

honoluludesktop · 17 Sept 2009, 00:46

I use Su, and a "easy to use" renderer because I need to present yesterday, and am very lazy. My renders are not WOW. But what I have seen of "Piranesi" it is very WOW! Is this a case of "greener grass"? Photo realistic is not WOW without a lot of work, experience, and post processing (PS). They have some software that is "real time", but not ray-tracing. Your typical system is not real time, and you cannot see what you are doing. To learn well, you need to have time to burn. Still, look at Solo's stuff for some example of a Master, and if that is your goal, just ask him what he uses (actually I think he uses several systems, each for different things).

Some people are just talented. Here is a unrendered Su presentation that I like.

Whaat · 18 Sept 2009, 15:18

If you are looking for WOW factor, photorealism and ease of use, take a look at Indigo Render
It's a free download if you want to try it out.

honoluludesktop · 18 Sept 2009, 21:17

WOWhaat, So you do more then make great ruby tools?

Whaat · 18 Sept 2009, 21:46

I should clarify that the above render was not done by me or modelled by me. It's just an example of the quality of Indigo.

solo · 18 Sept 2009, 22:00

Great render, LMFAO at the artwork on the wall...'scrat'??

xrok1 · 19 Sept 2009, 00:48

@whaat said:

I should clarify that the above render was not done by me or modelled by me. It's just an example of the quality of Indigo.

i would bet that your PB and SDS had a lot to do with this scene though.

Whaat · 21 Sept 2009, 22:25

@xrok1 said:

@whaat said:

I should clarify that the above render was not done by me or modelled by me. It's just an example of the quality of Indigo.

i would bet that your PB and SDS had a lot to do with this scene though.

I should have also mentioned that the image was not modelled with SketchUp. However, it is definitely possible to model it in SketchUp (Profile Builder and SDS would come in handy all right... )

I did not intend to deceive anyone. I was just giving an example image of the image quality of Indigo Render. I have seen images that look just as good that HAVE been modelled with SU. I just did not post one here. Sorry for the confusion.

pilou · 21 Sept 2009, 23:23

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