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      driven
      last edited by

      you could use 'Ruby Console' in SU v15 to find the path...

      Sketchup.find_support_file('ImaginationVisualizer', 'Plugins')
      

      john

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

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      • davidmreinboldD Offline
        davidmreinbold
        last edited by

        Hi Pilou & driven

        I have found the files now... they were under a different path in the user / roaming section

        I never really worked out why there are to storage paths for Sketchup extensions i.e. roaming or within Sketchup... hence my inconsistency with installing every extension in the same place.

        Thanks for your patience guys. πŸ‘

        Cheers

        David

        @pilou said:

        And the search engine of Windows refind nothing on the 2015 where you have vizualizer working?

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          willanie
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          Hi pbacot,

          I noticed your pool water image had lots of fireflies ... the small bright white dots ... which means you must be using the Visualizer enhanced mode.
          If you didn't already know there is a despeckle option which will remove them. They will however, return eventually if you let it render for many hours.
          See attached image for how to turn on despeckle.


          ENH_crop.png

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            alexandercheyns
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            The tutorial from visualizer shows a shaded car as png without background. However I keep having a gray background to all my renders. I've tried adjusting the background in styles and also checked the transparency button in visualizer but still I get gray backgrounds. Love visualizer sad to see it go

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              willanie
              last edited by

              Hi alexandercheyns,

              Visualizer does not support the "styles" features of Sketchup. It always put a procedural sky in the background. I assume you are saving the image in png format. Pardon me if this is obvious but the alpha channel of that image file allows you to layer the foreground on to another background. You do need some compositing software like Photoshop or Gimp to specify the new background. Perhaps you could share an example rendered image.

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                pilou
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                You do need some compositing software like Photoshop or Gimp to specify the new background

                Why not put a "false background" image in Sketchup it self ? πŸ˜‰

                Frenchy Pilou
                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                My Little site :)

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                  willanie
                  last edited by

                  Hi pilou,

                  Good thought but AFIK this feature doesn't exist in Visualizer.

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    Something like this or anything else! (cylindric, hemispheric etc... πŸ˜‰
                    And input project any image on this sort of surface as background!

                    http://wiki.blender.org/uploads/2/2a/6.3._03.png

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                      willanie
                      last edited by

                      Hi Pilou,

                      I didn't understand what you meant by "false background". In fact your "psyche" geometry would produce a nice limbo background with a complex shadow casting of the foreground object.

                      alexandercheyns,

                      Just to help clarify what you are asking about, can you post a link to the Visualizer tutorial you referred to. I assume it has something to do with the alpha channel and png files.

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                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        Maybe i don't understant the first original problem! πŸ˜„
                        I don't ever understand why there is not always an image with a problem asked! πŸ˜„

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          Have you an image of what is wanted ?

                          Does this resolve the problem?
                          If i put an image on this face, no shadows on it! πŸ˜„

                          no_shadow_here.jpg

                          Frenchy Pilou
                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                          My Little site :)

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                            willanie
                            last edited by

                            Hi pilou,

                            Im pretty sure the original request was related to layering with an alpha channel but until the person chimes back it remains a mystery.

                            Your diagram is very neat. What software do you use to make such illustrations ... sketchup?

                            Also the cast shadow toggle is an interesting hidden gem in Visualizer which can be used to emit light from geometry in a limited fashion. It can take quite a while to render a noise free image. Here is a test image.


                            neon effect receive shadow off

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                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              Your diagram is very neat. What software do you use to make such illustrations ... sketchup?

                              Sketchup + Visualizer + Key "PrintScreen"
                              and copy the screen inside my old PhotoImpact 1992-2000!!!
                              (the program that I have only bought)for the arrows and text or any retouch!
                              This last one was terrific : we can even make web site with it! πŸ’š
                              The incredible thing is that quasi all functions are working today! 😎
                              Some times i add effects with the free Fotor! πŸ˜„
                              All that take less 5 minutes! πŸ˜„

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                                masterpaul
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                                @willanie said:

                                Hi pilou,

                                Im pretty sure the original request was related to layering with an alpha channel but until the person chimes back it remains a mystery.

                                Your diagram is very neat. What software do you use to make such illustrations ... sketchup?

                                Also the cast shadow toggle is an interesting hidden gem in Visualizer which can be used to emit light from geometry in a limited fashion. It can take quite a while to render a noise free image. Here is a test image.

                                Woah I never knew that.

                                Ok I tested it out. Deselecting "Cast shadow" does nothing. However if you deselect "Receive Shadows" then that component starts to emit light.

                                http://i.imgur.com/6xF91Lz.png

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                                  willanie
                                  last edited by

                                  oops sorry about that I meant receive shadow ... which lets the sun and sky light effect the object regardless of any other geometry in the scene
                                  the sun/sky time of day and orientation relative to the sun still effects the brightness which makes it not quite a pure emmisive surface but still kind of neat

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                                    pbacot
                                    last edited by

                                    I think Pilou means a sort of billboard backdrop. His example seems to also show lighting objects which, of course don't apply. Far easier to add the background image in PS or GIMP, because in SU you are dependent on the sun lighting the backdrop and the limits of image resolution.

                                    Attached is an example using Oli's tree line texture backdrop, as a billboard object in SketchUp.


                                    VIZ_0095.png

                                    MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                      pbacot
                                      last edited by

                                      glowing personality

                                      MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                        youemailme
                                        last edited by

                                        @willanie said:

                                        Hi beacharch

                                        This approach assumes you have already installed Sketchup2015 or Sketchup2014 and Visualizer.

                                        After installing Sketchup2016
                                        dont start Sketchup2016 yet and go to folder
                                        /Library/Application Support/

                                        If there isn't one already create this folder hierarchy(exactly matching upper and lowercase)
                                        /Library/Application Support/Sketchup 2016/Sketchup/Plugins

                                        from /Library/Application Support/Sketchup 2015/Sketchup/Plugins
                                        copy these two items(one is a folder the other is a ruby file)
                                        ImaginationVisualizer
                                        ImaginationVisualizer.rb
                                        paste them into
                                        /Library/Application Support/Sketchup 2016/Sketchup/Plugins

                                        Now launch Sketchup2016 you should see Visualizer under the Extensions pull-down.
                                        If Visualizer doesn't show up in the Extensions pull-down
                                        click on
                                        Sketchup->Preferences->Extensions
                                        you should see Visualizer with an unchecked toggle box ... check that toggle on
                                        close the preferences window

                                        and Bob's your uncle Visualizer running in Sketchup2016
                                        (you may have to relaunch Sketchup)

                                        OK, I'm confused! I finally found the ImaginationVisualizer folder and .rb file, though they were in a folder "plugins" in C:. I can't for the life of me figure out what you're referring to by the folder "/Library/Application Support". Where is this to be found? I tried pasting the above folder and .rb into the plugins folder in SU 2016, but when I start SU, I get the following load error:


                                        Error Loading File ImaginationVisualizer/iv_localization
                                        Could not find included file 'ImaginationVisualizer/iv_localization'
                                        Error Loading File ImaginationVisualizer.rb
                                        Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method TRANSLATE' for ImgTecVis:Module> C:/Users/SHD/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:20:in module:ImgTecVis'
                                        C:/Users/SHD/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:14:in `<top (required)>'
                                        Error Loading File ImaginationVisualizer/iv_initialize
                                        Could not find included file 'ImaginationVisualizer/iv_initialize'
                                        Error Loading File ImaginationVisualizer/iv_menus
                                        Could not find included file 'ImaginationVisualizer/iv_menus'


                                        What am I doing wrong?

                                        Thanks

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                                          willanie
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi youemailme,

                                          Take a look at this post on the sketchup forums
                                          user john_drivenupthewall has provided a way to do it from the sketchup ruby console.

                                          favicon

                                          (forums.sketchup.com)

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                                            driven
                                            last edited by

                                            That's a mac way, I'd have to modify it for PC's and to do that I'd need to add some ruby...

                                            john

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

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