Stereo plugin for Sketchup
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I has originally posted this in the Sketchup Wishes forum.
There was a plugin http://www.smustard.com/script/Stereo that I think used to convert a sketchup scene into L-R images. At the moment the status on that site is "Coming soon"Is there any other plugin that can convert an static sketchup scene to Left, Right images.
Alternatively can I postion camera in skechup at a particular position from the object then take an image as seen from the camera then strafe the camera ( left or right) to another position and take another image as viewed by the camera? -
Yes this is all very possible, it's a topic iv being doing in the past, view topic http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=34252&start=30#p411445
This should help you achieve your goal
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@iichiversii said:
Yes this is all very possible, it's a topic iv being doing in the past, view topic http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=34252&start=30#p411445
This should help you achieve your goalWow Damien! That seems great!! Let me see what you have got there as that thread seems to be running over 3 pages!!
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I created 3d videos using sketchup, the best way to achieve this for now is to create a path, place camera positions on the path, then export your animation, using the same path move it to the right and again place your cameras on the same points on the path as before and export the second animation, now you have a L animation and R animation, there are freeware stereophonic creators on the net, google them and place your 2animations into it and you will have a 3d animation in what ever 3D format you choose, you can view on real 3D TVs, Nintendo 3DS etc etc..
The same can be done with just a still image, it is a lot easier too, I usually render my animations but it takes days if not wks to do so I gave it up, like I mentioned on many forums if there were a plugin to spread up the position of cameras and so on it would be helpful, as you can see from the other post I have stills with 2 images which can be viewed in 3D
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Also, there is Lumion3D. Now the commercial and pro versions seem to be steeply priced at the first sight (and especilly for hobbyist purposes) but the free version (with a watermark in the corner though) can also export stereoscopic movies (up to HD quality) and if you start exporting to image sequences but stop the movie export after a couple of frames, you get stills, too.
Here is a puny try I made last year... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wwgLWx2qa4
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Hello Damian & Csaba,
Thanks for the nice ideas.
At the moment I am looking for something simplistic and if possible with Sketchup.- Is there a way to position a cam in Sketchup and the desired location in from of an object and then take a snapshot of the object from that virtual cam.
I found something like "position cam" However how do I take a snapshot then from that cam?
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Yes, use the line tool and create a vertical line to the height you want your cam positioned, the position the camera ontop with the position camera tool, export a 2D age in the file drop down tab, save this image as L, then move you vertical line to the right 8inches and repeat but this time save your 2nd image as R. There you have your two images to create a 3D image, hope this helps
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@iichiversii said:
Yes, use the line tool and create a vertical line to the height you want your cam positioned, the position the camera ontop with the position camera tool, export a 2D age in the file drop down tab, save this image as L, then move you vertical line to the right 8inches and repeat but this time save your 2nd image as R. There you have your two images to create a 3D image, hope this helps
Excellent Damien! That's what I needed!
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@jrudd said:
@iichiversii said:
Yes, use the line tool and create a vertical line to the height you want your cam positioned, the position the camera ontop with the position camera tool, export a 2D age in the file drop down tab, save this image as L, then move you vertical line to the right 8inches and repeat but this time save your 2nd image as R. There you have your two images to create a 3D image, hope this helps
Excellent Damien! That's what I needed!
Many thanks!!!Glad I could help, any problems PM me and I'd be glad to help out more, would like to see your result too if possible, best of luck
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@iichiversii said:
Glad I could help, any problems PM me and I'd be glad to help out more, would like to see your result too if possible, best of luck
Hello Damien,
I tried a few tricks with the position camera tool. However the camera tends to look at the horizon is it possible to point the camera to a particular object.
Suppose there is a cube in the scene and I want the camera to look at the cube. How do I use position camera and also lookat a particular object?
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@jrudd said:
@iichiversii said:
Glad I could help, any problems PM me and I'd be glad to help out more, would like to see your result too if possible, best of luck
Hello Damien,
I tried a few tricks with the position camera tool. However the camera tends to look at the horizon is it possible to point the camera to a particular object.
Suppose there is a cube in the scene and I want the camera to look at the cube. How do I use position camera and also lookat a particular object?
Is this possible?Once I position the camera I usually use the look around tool in the walkthrough tool tab and position the camera view manually on to a fixed point, it works for me, does this help?
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@iichiversii said:
Once I position the camera I usually use the look around tool in the walkthrough tool tab and position the camera view manually on to a fixed point, it works for me, does this help?
Hello Damien,
In the Sketchup instructor I found a small tutorial on the "Position Camera" tool. The link is http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95028Thanks for your help again!!
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Even I learn something new every day, cheers
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