Visualizer for SketchUp

dtrarch

First look and IMO

Good stuff
Great idea and only $19
Easy to use and can run in background without stopping SU.
Renders reflections, materials and transparency per SU settings very well.
Not so good.
Very slow for a quick look app.
Strong color bleed (color bounce) from ground plane to overhangs.
Over exposed a bit too.

Sure wish it was faster to be a real keeper.

dtr

vidy

Hi Kris,

Good info, it does looks interesting, with the price and result..
Will look more through their website.

Regards,
vd

Rob D

I took a look at it and really liked it. See some experiments and a short write up here: http://www.robindejongh.com/take-realistic-photo-snaps-of-your-sketchup-models/

Krisidious

Nice write up Rob...

cotty

Some more details in this SketchUp School video...

pilou

A great source of tutorials!
And very cool simple product!

Krisidious

Just started playing with it. Put this one on to bake before going to bed last night. 8 hours and it was still baking when I got up.

Rich O Brien

It'll never stop baking. Resolving light paths can go on and on and on.

You decide when you happy with the picture.

Depending on the engine some will resolve quicker or have other render options that use a biased method to end when complete.

Krisidious

Yeah I think I'm getting pretty good stuff after about 5 minutes.

this was just about that long.

Rich O Brien

The only thing I would like to see is specular values.

Leaf look a bit poo.

Box

@rich o brien said:

Leaf look a bit poo.

It's those damn bears again.

Rich O Brien

But where's the fluffy rabbits?

Box

That is one of my all time favourites.
As they say, does the pope use a rabbit.

Krisidious

I imagine that it's hard coded to give spec to anything with transparency. You might be able to fool it using two planes atop one another. I'll test it.

Krisidious

yeah... it works. really well. lol.

settings for reflection shown.

Krisidious

looks like the trick would be good for a mirror but not much else. can't get it far down enough for floors.

Krisidious

My vine work explodes in the viewer? I've seen this before with another program.

Rich O Brien

That's because Ivy plugin leaf compontents are very poorly assembled.

Investigate and you'll find there are section in them and leaves so small that they a barely visible at full zoom.

TIG has a refined Ivy Tool that doesn't break things and where I fixed the leaves.

cotty

Or you ticked the checkbox "stormy weather" in the preferences

Krisidious

it's an old file, I probably have an updated version now. SO all the ivy in that model and there is a ton is no good.