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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
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      @KK

      If you are using the supplied leafs with that plugin then I would advise to do some investigating on those components.

      It's a long time since I used that plugin but when I did need it I remember querying TIG on some bugs and we discovered the flaws with the leaf components.

      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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        m625
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        For that price and the results it produces, this is the ultimate n00b/hobbyist render plugin.

        If they ever add cuda this could be a great quick mockup setup when you have a client around the computer. No fiddling with textures super easy DoF.

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          Rob D
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          "For that price and the results it produces, this is the ultimate n00b/hobbyist render plugin."

          It certainly looks like that, although I think Shaderlight still has a free version so "free" probably trumps "cheap". They're both along similar lines though Vizualizer a little simpler and Shaderlight a little more feature rich.

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          • masterpaulM Offline
            masterpaul
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            Reflections are in the pipeline?

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            • pbacotP Offline
              pbacot
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              There are reflections. Translucent materials have reflections. You can see them in the pool here. Much less visible in the windows.

              It seems to me that it quickly stops getting better with baking, and the low resolution guarantees you can't use it more than just for a "fun" quick look at your model. If it stopped being blurry I might show it to clients (those not asking for an actual rendering but who want to see a model).


              VIZ_0004.png

              MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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              • masterpaulM Offline
                masterpaul
                last edited by

                I meant like basic material editing; I doubt the render would know that this texture is wood floor, and should have a form of reflection.

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                • pbacotP Offline
                  pbacot
                  last edited by

                  Yes, I see. I wonder if it's ever going to be that sort of SW, or if. at this quality of image, it really matters. Exposure seems to be a problem too.

                  MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                  • A Offline
                    adkelley
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                    Visualizer 1.1 just announced yesterday. Shipping this month. Includes custom images size, progress indicators, and more. Details here, including a video - https://getvisualizer.com/blog/big-news

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                      driven
                      last edited by

                      the latest download is crashing both v13 and v14 on my mac...

                      are any of the dev team members here?

                      john

                      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                        adkelley
                        last edited by

                        Visualizer 1.1 is now available for download and purchase. Adds custom image sizes, picture development timer, and more. Still only $19.99 and a free upgrade for existing Visualizer customers. Details:https://getvisualizer.com/blog/visualizer-1-1-upgrade

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                          willanie
                          last edited by

                          Im one of the software engineers on the Visualizer team.
                          John has been in touch with us and we are investigating. For immediate support users should go to the link below.
                          https://getvisualizer.com/contact

                          Will

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                            valerostudio
                            last edited by

                            Definitely a cool toy. Reminds me of Maxwell Fire without lights or materials.

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                              willanie
                              last edited by

                              Our goal is to make realistic image creation instantly available to Sketchup users.

                              Actually there are 2 lights, the sun and the sky.
                              Also in the current version there are two materials.
                              One is a none shiny material.
                              The other is a shiny "glass" which the artist indicates by reducing opacity below 100.

                              We have received many requests from customers for more features and the team is working hard to add them. The challenge is to keep it easy to use.

                              Hopefully we have succeeded in making the Visualizer interface so intuitive that you can be productive within minutes of installing the extension.

                              Thanks for the positive comparison considering Maxwell is over 40 times the purchase price.

                              Will

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                              • KrisidiousK Offline
                                Krisidious
                                last edited by

                                ๐Ÿ‘

                                By: Kristoff Rand
                                Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                  Bob Bean
                                  last edited by

                                  Wondering if there are any tricks to lose the shadows.
                                  When doing an interior render without a ceiling/roof i get the sun/sky shadows and with a ceiling it is pretty dark in there!

                                  cheers
                                  Bob

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                                  • KrisidiousK Offline
                                    Krisidious
                                    last edited by

                                    I noticed too... I went to 12:00 noon sun over o,o,o located model.

                                    By: Kristoff Rand
                                    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                      willanie
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi Bob and Krisidious,

                                      Yes with the sun and sky currently being the only light sources, interiors can be pretty dark.
                                      For now you can open Window/EntityInfo for an object or group and toggle off the "Cast Shadows" option.

                                      Will

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                                      • KrisidiousK Offline
                                        Krisidious
                                        last edited by

                                        I'll try that Willanie

                                        By: Kristoff Rand
                                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                          willanie
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi john,

                                          Please try out the latest Mac download which fixes this issue.

                                          https://getvisualizer.com/downloads

                                          @driven said:

                                          the latest download is crashing both v13 and v14 on my mac...

                                          are any of the dev team members here?

                                          john

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                                            willanie
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                                            Visualizer1.3 has an enhanced materials mode ... its the icon at the top of the window that looks like an arrow line reflecting. Enhanced material mode recognizes many of the built in Sketchup materials and assigns appropriate reflection settings. As always ease of use is the goal so its all auto magic settings but if you want to tweak things take a look at this link for a brief but concise description.
                                            https://getvisualizer.com/blog/enhanced-materials.html

                                            Attaching an example image render with enhanced mode on.

                                            When enhanced mode is on the glossy reflections will sometimes propagate bright speckles also called fireflies. For this you can use the de-noising modes to filter them out. The de-speckle icon looks like random dots and is next to the enhanced mode icon.

                                            As was mentioned in another post Visualizer1.3 is the last version of this renderer and is now free.


                                            Visualizer with enhanced mode ON

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