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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      Ah, definitely it's not the Z-fighting with coplanar faces (I know what that is like) but also a kind of "flickering" effect.
      It used to be fixed in SU4 but then due to some copyright issues they had to get it out of SU5 already (older users can talk more about this). Kind of annoying for sure - the only way to avoid it to turn off shadows or try to walk on the bright side of the street (and always look up and smile - maybe GE is taking a snapshot of your area 😛 )

      Well, I can send the model (say in email - it's about 2-2.5 MB) though it's been a bit "tweaked" ever since (some basic, single faced monastery and plants and some terrain etc. added) though I never really tweaked it for it was going to be used in 3DS Max anyway for final rendering etc (see here).

      Also this version is that I used for playing around in Kerky (not with much success) so there are light fixtures in it but you can clean the model as much as you want...

      Gai...

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        tomsdesk
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        Adam...Oh yeah, what Coen said: I'd shell out for it today! (Only forget SU7, please, I want to use it now with my sweet love SU5 :`)

        http://www.tomsdesk.moonfruit.com/
        2.5D Trees & Shrubs!

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          Viktor
          last edited by

          In the second youtube-film you use three sliders to adjust the settings of the light-emitter. I think that a focus-slider (from sharp to soft edges) next to the zoom would be very useful.

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            Viktor
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            How about getting rid of the update-button? Realtime lighting in sketchup...doesn´t it sound wonderful?

            Not a programmer so just stop me if I´m wrong here:
            Would it be possible to make the program update only one emitter at a time? It seems like unnecessary processing to update the whole file every time. And could it autodetect relevant changes=autoupdate?

            I guess your answer will be that this would use to much of the computer´s thinkingpower.
            Well, it was worth the try.

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              Viktor
              last edited by

              Wouldn´t this be the perfect way to do the light setup for a render? Any plans to cooperate with Podium??

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              • K Offline
                kwistenbiebel
                last edited by

                Some quick questions:
                Q1: Does this feature use texture baking?
                And if so: are we able to export the new textures?
                And if so 2: can we use the default 'pages' animations without extra calculating time?

                Q2: can it bake a physical sky ?
                Q3: Can it be used with customised styles? (e.g without visible edges in rendering etc...)

                Cheers,
                Kwistenbiebel

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                • tbdT Offline
                  tbd
                  last edited by

                  Viktor: I proposed to Adam a collaboration but it seems it doesn't fit the roadmap 😉

                  Biebel: Q1, Q3 - yes. regarding Q2, I dont know as I didnt saw any textures in the videos, only color. doing multitexturing (texture + lightmap) only in ruby will be slower

                  SketchUp Ruby Consultant | Podium 1.x developer
                  http://plugins.ro

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                    Viktor
                    last edited by

                    TBD,
                    That´s too bad. Your products in one package would really be a dreamtool for lighting designers.

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                      Phil Rader AIA
                      last edited by

                      Not normally a me2 kinda guy but count me in for any sort of beta testing or just kicking the tires on this plugin. From the looks of it it will satisfy many of the lighting conditions currently unable to do in SU out of the box.

                      http://www.philrader.com

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                        JGA
                        last edited by

                        Fantastic, I'd be surprised if Google aren't interested in your work.
                        Does it work with animating between different times set in pages?

                        Regards,
                        JGA

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          @jga said:

                          Fantastic, I'd be surprised if Google aren't interested in your work...

                          They are aware of it, believe me...
                          😄

                          Gai...

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                          • jujuJ Offline
                            juju
                            last edited by

                            I frikkin hope so... Users have been wanting something like this for a while now.

                            Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                              tomsdesk
                              last edited by

                              Personally, I'd rather support Adam's efforts directly...and know the application is not heading in some unknown corporate, and probably skewed, direction (or just waiting for some greed-reason). I can't imagine the advantage to me if this wonder came under Google's control.

                              Besides, as an add-on I have more control of my own working environment.

                              http://www.tomsdesk.moonfruit.com/
                              2.5D Trees & Shrubs!

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                                monsterzero
                                last edited by

                                AdamB! Whatever you're sell'n I'm buy'n!

                                • I'd love to see your plugin do a global lighting pass using location and time settings.
                                • I also render my images using the "hidden line" face style. Would your lighting work with that?

                                monsterzero
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                                  kwistenbiebel
                                  last edited by

                                  @monsterzero said:

                                  • I'd love to see your plugin do a global lighting pass using location and time settings.

                                  exactly, that would be useful for animated mass modeling studies...

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                                  • AdamBA Offline
                                    AdamB
                                    last edited by

                                    @monsterzero said:

                                    • I'd love to see your plugin do a global lighting pass using location and time settings.
                                    • I also render my images using the "hidden line" face style. Would your lighting work with that?

                                    Currently it does Ambient Occlusion (which looks pretty cool and I'll post some pics soon) - is that what you mean by "global lighting"? - and I'll put in a directional light tied to the Sketchup Sun in the next couple of weeks.

                                    Yes, it works just fine with different styles - I tend to leave edge drawing on because I just hate that blue edge from the rendering of backfacing faces failing the ztest. Keep meaning to try whether setting back_material to a transparent color helps...

                                    Happy New Year All.

                                    Adam

                                    Developer of LightUp Click for website

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                                      ilay7k
                                      last edited by

                                      AO technics is great addition to your plug-in...like this http://www.maxon.net/pages/products/modules/advancedrender/ao_e.html or http://www.keindesign.de/stefan/cinema/ao.html
                                      But for example, if you use soft(biased) or area shadows(maps) in light sources(cinema4d), rendering process is too slow...

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                                        me3mar
                                        last edited by

                                        any idea where to get that plugin ? anything could help , website , plugin name ...and so
                                        thanks in advance

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                                        • jujuJ Offline
                                          juju
                                          last edited by

                                          me3mar, as far as can be ascertained from the previous posts it is still in development and thus not available yet.

                                          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                                          • AdamBA Offline
                                            AdamB
                                            last edited by

                                            Yes, having done the 40% of the work to show a prototype I'm very hard at work doing the other 90% to make it a product. 😄

                                            As promised, here's a grab of the ambient occlusion lighting (BTW 3.6 seconds to generate):

                                            SketchUpScreenSnapz003.png

                                            Adam

                                            Developer of LightUp Click for website

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