Animator and Rendering Software (for developers)

fredo6

So I have a question (probably asked before)

Which rendering programs (plugins for sketchup or standalone rendered) are compatible with animator as of now?

Also out of this list of renderers which works best (in terms of looks, ease of use and glitches)

I own vray for sketchup but at the moment it doesn’t sound like it has the best compatibility with animator. I don’t know if sketchup users have one renderer for stills and another for animation as every rendering software has their individual strengths

The best compatibility is with Thea (bi-direction) and AmbientOcclusion Ex and SketchFX Ex (but they are specialized).
Vray is supported but not stable with version 3.6. And I don't really have support.

In general, Animator is so confidential in terms of usage that I don't think Renderer Software companies care too much. Most likely, this is also true for other animation plugins for Sketchup.

Now, whether for Animation or for still rendering, it's up to you to judge what is the best render program. Rendering an animation is just rendering each individual image of the animated sequence.

Fredo

applemango85

Thanks fredo

Though with the release of Thea version 2 it may be all change

I think it was listed somewhere that twilight render pro was compactable as well - what’s your opinion on the results from that renderer?

I thought AmbientOcclusion was a straight so so renderer - what’s specialised about it.

Once again it’s a great plugin

fredo6

@applemango85 said:

Though with the release of Thea version 2 it may be all change

I think it was listed somewhere that twilight render pro was compactable as well - what’s your opinion on the results from that renderer?

I thought AmbientOcclusion was a straight so so renderer - what’s specialised about it.

Once again it’s a great plugin

I am not comparing rendering software, which I don't really know in detail, but just their stability with Animator. Twilight works as well, but may sometimes hang. AmbientOcclusion is very stable, but it seems to me that it does not have all the bells and whistles that others have (but maybe that's because I am not an expert in rendering).

I'll try to check with Thea 2.x when I have time.

Fredo

rong1937

Hope to support Enscape render

PallaviDhuri

Great Information was very useful for me.

paddyclown

Hello, I've downloaded the trial version of SketchFX & it looks great plus from it's own interface I can export a video using the classic sketchup scenes..
The glitch for me is that when I set up an animation using your fabulous Animator, from there I cannot get it to export a video correctly rendered by SkFX... & yet an unrendered video is possible from Animator ?
BTW I have checked, I have the latest versions of Animator & the ffmpeg.exe
Is this because I have the demo version of SkFX, or what might be going on here please ?
Very frustrating as both Animator & SkFX are great, but I really would like for them to work together as I thought that i was possible...

Thanks in advance,
PT

juju

@paddyclown said:

Hello, I've downloaded the trial version of SketchFX & it looks great plus from it's own interface I can export a video using the classic sketchup scenes..
The glitch for me is that when I set up an animation using your fabulous Animator, from there I cannot get it to export a video correctly rendered by SkFX... & yet an unrendered video is possible from Animator ?
BTW I have checked, I have the latest versions of Animator & the ffmpeg.exe
Is this because I have the demo version of SkFX, or what might be going on here please ?
Very frustrating as both Animator & SkFX are great, but I really would like for them to work together as I thought that i was possible...

Thanks in advance,
PT

to use SketchFX for animations you will need SketchFX Ex

paddyclown

PT[/quote]
to use SketchFX for animations you will need SketchFX Ex[/quote]

yes, that's what I downloaded, the demo version of SketchFX EX & it's that the doesn't seem to be compatible with animator... the real bummer is I can't seem to send a message to the people that do that software... some kind of javascript error on their "contact" page

juju

@paddyclown said:

yes, that's what I downloaded, the demo version of SketchFX EX & it's that the doesn't seem to be compatible with animator... the real bummer is I can't seem to send a message to the people that do that software... some kind of javascript error on their "contact" page

apologies for not being clearer, that's what I was getting at; if you use SketchFX, if you want some kind of animation with their rendering, you'll need to use their ecosystem of tools for rendering animations

having said that, they do not have a tool comparable to Animator

take a look a their forums, maybe try getting some answers there?

ccsvr

We use enscape to render interior design projects, as well as product rendering,
Hope to support the enscape renderer

solo

@ccsvr said:

We use enscape to render interior design projects, as well as product rendering,
Hope to support the enscape renderer

Enscape does not yet have an option for object animation, once they do Animator is top of the list for integration. This has been on the list for at least 3 years and so far Enscape have dragged their feet, so don't hold your breath.

pawelludwa

Can I save each frame as a scene in Sketchup ?
How to take each frame seperately to actually create scenes from them ?

fredo6

@pawelludwa said:

Can I save each frame as a scene in Sketchup ?
How to take each frame seperately to actually create scenes from them ?

This is not possible with the current version of Animator.
Anyway, it would create potentially hundreds of scenes.