Sponza style

solo

Thanks Coen

I will scale my renders accordingly in future.

Al Hart

Thanks for helping me find the SKP model.

I rendered it with the new IRender nXt engine, using HDRI illumination rather than the sun, and indirect lighting effects.

david57

The one's with the plant, looks exellent. Had never seen this renders before.

maleemk

I used to be a Accurender fan ( the core behind the IRender nXt ) but now i am mush disappointed about it's development. In old times it was way ahead its time ( remember Radiosty ) but now it's lacking a lot. see the above pic, how can you compare it even with podium. forget about the big brothers like Mexwell, Vray, Fryrender,KT, Indigo etc.

Al Hart

The point of the IRender rendering was that it was done without adding lights, etc.

Here are some more Sponza renderings of the same model created by another user:

Nxt is much improved for lighting and reflection. But its big value, especially for SketchUp users (who tend to create relatively quick 3D models of things, as opposed to, say, Rhino, which is used for much more complex models), is that it can make really good renderings with no effort - using the "High Dynamic", automatic lighting. And if you take the time to add a little reflection, it can be quite stunning.

See the nXt gallery for more samples: http://nxt.accurender.com/photos/

Also, (for the record), IRender nXt is not based on the old AccuRender engine, but on an entirely new engine, which is doing some really impressive things.