[Plugin] Model Director — Movie Creator for SketchUp
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[Plugin] Model Director — Movie Creator for SketchUp
Hi everyone,
I’d like to introduce Model Director, a movie-creation plugin for SketchUp by Sketchingo.
Model Director brings camera paths, shot previews, visual looks, auto texturing, music and video export into one workflow inside SketchUp.Create different camera movements
- Walkthroughs: Draw a route directly on your model or on a drawing sheet, then let the camera follow it.
- Facade slides: Choose a facade and draw a path for the camera to travel along.
- Drone shots: Create orbit, spiral and fly-over movements to present your project from above.
Adjust camera height, aim, field of view and travel time to frame each shot.
Preview while you work
The separate Camera Monitor lets you preview the camera movement while keeping your SketchUp working view available for editing the model and adjusting the route.
Build the finished movie
Choose visual looks including Claymation, Watercolour, Soft pastel, and Ink and colour. Use auto texturing, add built-in music, arrange your shots and review the complete sequence before exporting.
Export options include MP4 and WebM, with resolutions up to 4K.
Compatibility: SketchUp 2024 and later on Windows.
More information: sketchingo.com
I’d welcome your feedback—particularly on the camera-path workflow and the types of architectural presentations you would use it for.
Pritam
Sketchingo
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Here’s an example created with Model Director for SketchUp, showing a custom drone path in the Miniature style, with Orchestral music and an Uplifting mood.
Watch for the downward camera turn toward the amphitheatre. The orange brush marks illustrate a user-painted highlight—the area the camera is asked to focus on during the shot.
The captions identify the camera mode, path, visual style, and music as the video plays.
I’d welcome your feedback on the camera movement and presentation.
Pritam
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Here’s another example created with Model Director for SketchUp, using Façade Slide mode with the Watercolour visual style and Strings music in a dramatic mood.
The camera glides along the exhibition building, revealing its curved roof, structural supports, and glazed façade. The Watercolour style gives the presentation a softer, illustrative character.
The captions identify the camera mode, visual style, and music as the video plays.
I’d welcome your feedback on this style of architectural presentation.
Pritam
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You might also want to contact @pixelcruncher at Rayscaper about making RayScaper work with your plugin.
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Ya, surely. At some point in time we may want to introduce raytracing. If @pixelcruncher has already created plugin for this then we may seek his help.
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For this walk through the plaza, I chose Cinematic Moonlight with Orchestral music and a dramatic mood.
The camera passes beneath the pergola and turns toward the fountain before continuing through the space. The subdued lighting gives the water and surrounding structures more presence.
Made in SketchUp with Model Director. Curious to hear which night treatment you prefer—this one or Midnight Moonlight.
Pritam
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From SketchUp model to a 4K presentation movie in under 10 minutes
Thanks to everyone who has been following the examples here. Instead of another single shot, this post shows how the pieces come together.
Built for people who aren’t SketchUp experts
Many architects and interior designers we talk to use SketchUp only now and then. Model Director is made for them too. You draw a route in the model, and within about 20 seconds you’re watching it as a live walkthrough in the Camera Monitor. Most people get comfortable in about 20 minutes. After that, a complete video takes less than 10.Three ways to move the camera
Walk: through the rooms at eye height, with a natural walking feel
Facade slide: a steady glide along the building front
Drone: orbit, spiral, rise-and-reveal, fly-over or your own custom path12 presentation looks
Daylight, Cinematic golden, Dusk, Midnight moonlight, Cinematic moonlight, Soft pastel, Architectural model, Ink and colour, Watercolour, and the playful ones: Toon, Miniature and Claymation. (Game styles)Music in under a minute
Pick an instrument (drums, orchestral strings, piano, marimba, guitar and more) and a mood (calm, warm, uplifting, dramatic or energetic). Press Create new and it creates a new tune within 10 seconds.A complete movie, not just a clip
This is the part we’re most excited about. Add presentation slides between your shots for the project name, your company, the client, or a short note on the design idea. Model Director joins the shots, slides, transitions and music into one finished movie, ready to show a client. There’s no second program, no editing software and no exporting back and forth.Export
MP4 or WebM, 720p to 4K.Try it
14-day free trial with every feature included. Watermark.
https://sketchingo.com/plugins/model-director/
SketchUp 2024 or later, Windows.A question for you: when you present to clients, what goes on your title and in-between slides? Project name and logo only, or also plans, notes and before/after views? Your answers will shape how we develop the slides next.
Pritam
Sketchingo -
The plugin is available for download at https://sketchingo.com/plugins/model-director/
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I've shared a few finished movies earlier in this thread. Here is a closer look at the controls behind them, split into five posts so the screenshots are easier to follow.
The first decision is how to move through the model:
Walk follows a route drawn in the model or on the drawing sheet.
Facade Slide keeps the camera facing a facade as it moves along the path.
Drone offers Orbit, Ellipse orbit, Spiral, Rise & reveal, Fly-over and a Custom path.
For a building presentation, that could mean an orbit to establish the site, a slide along the main elevation, then a walk through the entrance.
The Camera Monitor is a separate window, so you can check the shot while keeping your SketchUp working view available. The screenshots below show the movement choices and the setup steps for each one.
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