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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      Export as large as possible and reduce to your correct size in Photoshop.

      http://www.solos-art.com

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      • C Offline
        c0nfused2
        last edited by

        and that usually takes care of the quality?

        Mucho Gracias

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        • soloS Offline
          solo
          last edited by

          Yes, that's normally what i do when I need an SU image, I export around 7000x7000 and reduce to 1000x1000 and it's crisp.

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • charly2008C Offline
            charly2008
            last edited by

            Hi,

            an alternative could be the Snipping Tool.

            Charly


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            • HieruH Offline
              Hieru
              last edited by

              That's a good tip.

              A snipping tool (or alternatively Print Screen) is the only option when it comes to large models that cause SU to crash when you try to export large 2D images.

              www.davidhier.co.uk

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              • jason_marantoJ Offline
                jason_maranto
                last edited by

                You could also use Layout to get much better exports.

                Best,
                Jason.

                I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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                • C Offline
                  c0nfused2
                  last edited by

                  is the snipping tool alrdy in sketchup or is it a plugin?

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                  • charly2008C Offline
                    charly2008
                    last edited by

                    It's a Windows 7 tool

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                    • D Offline
                      d12dozr
                      last edited by

                      Snipping tool is in Vista as well under All Programs > Accessories

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                      http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                      • C Offline
                        c0nfused2
                        last edited by

                        thanks much all

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                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by

                          What is the advantage of the snipping tool? Quality looks the same as the sketchup export to me.

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                          • S Offline
                            SketchUpNoobie
                            last edited by

                            @solo said:

                            Yes, that's normally what i do when I need an SU image, I export around 7000x7000 and reduce to 1000x1000 and it's crisp.

                            What if we don't have PhotoShop? 🎉

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by

                              You can use GiMP which is free. Even Picasa would probably do a good enough job just down sizing the image.

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                              • M Offline
                                mozzie
                                last edited by

                                For simple resizing and editing, Irfanview is pretty effective.
                                For example, it offers a number of algorithms for resizing.
                                And it's free. http://www.irfanview.com/

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                                • PixeroP Offline
                                  Pixero
                                  last edited by

                                  @solo said:

                                  Yes, that's normally what i do when I need an SU image, I export around 7000x7000 and reduce to 1000x1000 and it's crisp.

                                  Do you export with antialiasing at 7000 pixels or without?
                                  I've never could export antialiased more than some 4500 pixels. 😢

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    I guess it's withOUT as when you resample the image, you can set antialiasing anyway.

                                    Gai...

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                                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                      Chris Fullmer
                                      last edited by

                                      I export oversize images like Solo suggested also, and I always do no antialising. I feel Photoshop (or the others) do a better job with the anti-aliasing than SU does anyhow.

                                      Chris

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        Andfaster andless memory sensitive...

                                        Gai...

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                                        • PixeroP Offline
                                          Pixero
                                          last edited by

                                          Hmmm... I might have to try without AA again.
                                          In the past when I have exported without AA, sometimes lines were skipped and it looked really ugly even when reduced in size.

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                                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                            jeff hammond
                                            last edited by

                                            i'm wondering if su8 is somehow allowing bigger exports..
                                            i just exported a 10k entity model to 19,500 px wide with AA off and jpg compression set to best. (14 seconds with shadows off.. 24secs with them on)
                                            iirc, i used to only be able to go to around 15000px.
                                            anyone else seeing similar improvements?

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