AmbientOcclusion for SketchUp released

pbacot · 21 Oct 2015, 16:02

I guess I don't get it. The rendering looks nice but the shadows look unrealistic to me. A lot people like this sort of thing though.

EDIT: I don't use SketchUp (live) a lot for project demonstrations, but I did the other day. I admit this feature might have enhanced the appearance of the model in that process.

karimtabbara · 21 Oct 2015, 16:46

Hello

I've just tryed Ambient Occlusion.

I read "if you add overlaying on textures (adding support for .jpg/.png textures is enough) then it can be a free alternative to LightUp"

Sorry but I don't thik so.
LightUp is maybe 189$ but it's worth it.
Adam has made a very good plug in.
Even Incremental Render mode is better and faster then Ambient Occlusion...
No need to say that wonce fully rendered with Lightup, all scenes need no time to render.
... And Ligtup has video Render, Internet plug in, many many settings ...

Best regards

spadestick · 22 Oct 2015, 04:33

too slow on my machine for any real use... it should be instant. perhaps graphics card?

fluid · 24 Oct 2015, 00:15

We just released AmbientOcclusion 1.5.4, you can get it here.

This version solves a lot of issues, in particular:

Layer visibility
Slowdowns
Imprecise camera placement when rendering big models
Group closing when changing view

fluid · 14 Dec 2015, 19:46

We just released a new version of AmbientOcclusion, you can get it here.

In this new version:

Added support for SketchUp 2016
Speed improvements and bug fixes

pilou · 14 Dec 2015, 23:27

Error 403 !

fluid · 19 Dec 2015, 12:03

We were experiencing some server issues, it should be working now.
http://www.ambientocclusion-sketchup.com

fluid · 12 Mar 2016, 20:15

We just added a AmbientOcclusion specific forum to add feature request, show your work in progress and report bugs

fluid · 29 Mar 2016, 19:34

We just released AmbientOcclusion 1.9.0, you can find it here.

In this new version:

Added support for Parallel Projection and Two-Point Perspective cameras
Add Gain parameter to change overall scene brightness
Added support for disabling all section planes at once
Speed improvements and bug fixes

fluid · 15 Apr 2016, 19:31

We just released a new version of SketchFX that allows to use AmbientOcclusion extension to render ambient occlusion layers directly inside SketchFX. You can get it here.

Without AmbientOcclusion Layer:

With AmbientOcclusion Layer:

Without AmbientOcclusion Layer:

With AmbientOcclusion Layer:

spadestick · 24 Apr 2016, 12:33

hi fluid, I think you are trying to make this a full renderer somewhat, which makes it really slow on normal systems. Anyhow, is there any way to make a image like the one attached, where I manually photoshopped some kind of occlusion / radiosity in the shadow edges where I think would be appropriate, and leave the lines crisp and clean from direct skethchup output? I it were possible - would it be still as slow as what's happening now? the intention is the give the image more depth than the lack of due to the flat shadows generated in sketchup.

spadestick · 24 Apr 2016, 12:34

could be really useful for drawings such as these :

fluid · 24 Apr 2016, 17:56

Hi spadestick,

What system are you using for testing? AmbientOcclusion should render a scene like the cube above in just a few seconds.
Yes, it's possible to have the shadow lines as crisp as the example