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    Making models more photorealistic

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      Ecuadorian
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      Hi, and welcome to the SCF. 😛

      There are many techniques, but your best bet is always asking directly to the authors. Who knows, maybe they didn't even use SketchUp for these.

      The first image is the "Root/Breathe/Endure" house by Stuttio Workshop:
      http://www.freegreen.com/greensburg/plan-general.aspx?id=16
      And here's their official website with more contact info:
      http://www.stuttio.com/

      Second and thid images are the "Passive House HIB" project by Paravant Architecture:
      http://www.freegreen.com/greensburg/plan-general.aspx?id=123
      Their Contact form is here:
      http://paravant.org/contact.html

      If they did use SketchUp, it would be cool if the authors could be interviewed for The Daily Catchup 😉 (Hint to SUC management).

      -Miguel Lescano
      Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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        Ecuadorian
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        Yup, I checked again and indeed the second and third images are of the same project. I updated my post.

        Nice to know you'll be visiting here! 😛 Although I live in Guayaquil, I'd recommend skipping it (too hot and almost no nature to see) and going straight to the highlands, which are beautiful. Check the group of volcanic lakes surrounding Otavalo, north of Quito. Also, near Baños in Tungurahua you can do rafting and bike through the rain forest.

        Don't forget to take the necessary precautions:
        http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1106.html

        -Miguel Lescano
        Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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          davesec
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          thanks for the tips, ecuadorian!

          regarding the modelling above, halil dolan from paravant architects wrote me back already and said that the renderings are done in rhinozeros with aditional editing done afterwards.

          hopefully some people find this useful!

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            Ecuadorian
            last edited by

            Cool, three of my friends from college use Rhinoceros. They have done awesome (and I mean, awesome) things with it. 👍

            -Miguel Lescano
            Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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              farbs
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              Anyone know how to get vegetation components like they have in that first pic?

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                Ecuadorian
                last edited by

                Here you go:
                http://www.forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=21216

                -Miguel Lescano
                Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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                  davesec
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                  FYI

                  Adamo Gumowski from Stuttio Workshop (responsible for the first image I posted) replied, saying that the models were created with Sketchup and Rhino, and then rendered with VRAY products from ASGVIS.

                  Good to know!

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                    davesec
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                    oh, one other question - is there a good resource for getting background images for sketchup rendering? (ie skies/fields, stuff like that?)

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                      Frederik
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                      @davesec said:

                      ...then rendered with VRAY products from ASGVIS.

                      I suggest that you take a look at the Render application Home pages...

                      Cheers
                      Kim Frederik

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                      • GaieusG
                        Gaieus
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                        Also, have a look at this link collection of texture resources. Some have background images, too.
                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=486

                        Gai...

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                          Ecuadorian
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                          Dave, there are lots of free images/backgrounds/textures in http://www.cgtextures.com.

                          -Miguel Lescano
                          Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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