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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
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      That was probably for the rhyme only...

      Gai...

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      • AdamBA Offline
        AdamB
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        First off apologies for being so quiet. There's been a huge amount of development on this and its coming along really nicely.

        So where are we up to? Well, originally I wanted something cross platform and simple to implement. And for as long as I used simple geometry and didn't expected too much all was good... However. (There is always a 'however'), it became clear to me from my own experiments and speaking with those who have a passing understanding of how SU works, that for realworld models like you guys actually produce my plans would have to change. So the past months I've been redoing/refactoring functionality in C++, simultaneously developing on Mac OSX and Win32 (they are in lockstep development-wise) . Unsurprisingly the new version is around 20-30x faster than the old, supports blending SU textures with lighting, transparency (and I plan on having a few other pretty cool features).. So a colossal amount of work later, something that was some neat algorithms in a largish script has become a fullblown engine.

        I do plan on wrapping up development in March so its not going to be too long after that I can have it for sale. I wasn't expecting to have to implement so much technology, so my timing is off from what I initially expected (late software? never!) but fingers crossed I can nail some bugs which have been stopping me posting pics/video RSN.

        As always, thanks for all you enthusiasm!

        Adam

        Developer of LightUp Click for website

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        • AdamBA Offline
          AdamB
          last edited by

          @adamb said:

          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

          OK, "your mileage may vary". Just ran this test room again, it took 0.3 seconds to generate, so just 10x for this model.. 😉

          Developer of LightUp Click for website

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            kwistenbiebel
            last edited by

            Great to hear that development is going well Adam 😄
            That speed improvement is really cool.
            Any chance you will develop it in a later stage to support different render engines besides ambient occlusion?

            I wouldn't mind for instance to have Podium or another engine working behind the screens of this plugin....Even if the calculation for a scene would take some hours, the benefit of doing animation with the 'baked' results would be awesome !

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            • L Offline
              lewiswadsworth
              last edited by

              This would be the most interesting addition to SketchUp, as far as I am concerned, in three years. Looking forward to final product, Adam.

              col sporcar si trova

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              • tbdT Offline
                tbd
                last edited by

                I am open for creating a bridge between Podium and Adam's plugin, maybe an open format that allows exchanging of info

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

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
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                  😍

                  http://www.solos-art.com

                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                  • K Offline
                    kwistenbiebel
                    last edited by

                    TBD....that would be great right? Combined with the power of upcoming Podium 2.0...
                    😍 😍

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                    • AdamBA Offline
                      AdamB
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      I am open for creating a bridge between Podium and Adam's plugin, maybe an open format that allows exchanging of info

                      Right now my head is buried in finishing this thing. When the dust settles, I get some sleep, then sometime we should have a chat. But as I've said before, these are totally different architectures attempting to solve essentially different problems. My concern is trying to whack a square peg into a round hole in the expectation something wonderful will come out of it, is a road to disappointment for developers and users.

                      Right now my focus is fast, interactive walkthrough of models with lighting to give a flavor of the space.

                      The lighting I use is non-physically based, it is biased, it is an approximation. But its really effective of giving a sense of a place and its very very fast.

                      So. Sure we should talk. But lets not get ahead of ourselves here. Perhaps these is a useful crossover but I'm having trouble understanding what it is. Thats all.

                      And when is 2.0 out? 😄

                      All the best,
                      Adam

                      Developer of LightUp Click for website

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                      • tbdT Offline
                        tbd
                        last edited by

                        one way:

                        • user adds lights in AL (Adam's Lighting plugin) and see in realtime a preview of the model
                        • Podium detects the lights from AL and renders using those lights

                        another way:

                        • Podium renders and creates a textured lightmap
                        • AL loads the file and allows further modifications

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

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                          joshkho
                          last edited by

                          Hey AdamB,
                          Google posted an ad looking to hire someone right now to develop sketchup and layout.
                          Ad is here: http://seeker.dice.com/jobsearch/servlet/JobSearch?op=101&dockey=xml/7/4/742c0bc0e4e8fa719ece6825dbef9444@endecaindex&c=1&source=2021&spon=shpaid
                          Not sure if you're interested, but thought you'd like to take a look since you're pretty much doing it now, anyway.

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                            ilay7k
                            last edited by

                            Hello Adam!
                            I'm looking at some ipr-technics of bunkspeed's hypershot, it will be nice to see such in skipy 😄


                            i remember that you wrote about Renderman...have you or anybody look at Rubyman(sourceforge)?

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                            • AdamBA Offline
                              AdamB
                              last edited by

                              Here's a link of the latest video.

                              http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GPk035_EtFs

                              Developer of LightUp Click for website

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                              • R Offline
                                remus
                                last edited by

                                That looks wicked! the background picture thing is also awesome! just a big bucket of cool really.

                                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                  JuanV.Soler
                                  last edited by

                                  We are watching ¡¡¡

                                  😄

                                  Congrats.

                                  ,))),

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                                    tomsdesk
                                    last edited by

                                    ..."that's about it for this episode" struck me as akin to an irreverant "that's about it for this day of creation"... :`)

                                    REALLY COOL, ADAM...CAN'T WAIT!

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

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                                      markitekt
                                      last edited by

                                      Adam,
                                      This is truly freakin' amazing. Real time lighting and rendering with sky box features to boot. No other program does this that I know of. Please keep it affordable for us poor folks.
                                      Sign me up.
                                      Mark

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                                        remus
                                        last edited by

                                        just a quick question adam, will you be able to see the sky box background in a podium render?

                                        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                        • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                          Mike Lucey
                                          last edited by

                                          @adamb said:

                                          I do plan on wrapping up development in March so its not going to be too long after that I can have it for sale.
                                          Adam

                                          Guys,

                                          This month is March so we could be looking at a launch in a few weeks time! I'd be inclined to not ask any more questions and just let him burn the night oil 😄

                                          Mike

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                                          • L Offline
                                            linea
                                            last edited by

                                            That video is great, very exciting.

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