Visualizer for SketchUp

pbacot · 9 Jun 2014, 01:08

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).

masterpaul · 9 Jun 2014, 02:47

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.

pbacot · 9 Jun 2014, 03:06

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.

adkelley · 17 Sept 2014, 16:37

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

driven · 17 Sept 2014, 21:44

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

are any of the dev team members here?

john

adkelley · 23 Sept 2014, 20:41

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

willanie · 29 Sept 2014, 16:25

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

valerostudio · 1 Oct 2014, 17:22

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

willanie · 2 Oct 2014, 13:59

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

Krisidious · 2 Oct 2014, 21:00

Bob Bean · 16 Oct 2014, 03:13

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

Krisidious · 16 Oct 2014, 03:21

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

willanie · 16 Oct 2014, 07:01

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

Krisidious · 16 Oct 2014, 11:13

I'll try that Willanie

willanie · 16 Oct 2014, 17:32

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

willanie · 8 May 2015, 01:03

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.

pilou · 8 May 2015, 08:06

https://www.getvisualizer.com/

That is one of the more easy free in use that is existing for SUre...!

pilou · 8 May 2015, 09:06

OK It's so cool that I will make for the fun the French Version of your blog/ FAQ site!
I have made yet some other render sites!
Podium , Twillight
LightUp Manual The official site of LightUp (will appear in French only following your geographic position! )
etc...

pilou · 8 May 2015, 11:13

Started!

easykhan · 8 May 2015, 13:05

Hello guys,

Is there a way to change the color rendered by Visualizer 1.3 for foreground, for sky and ground ?