The white dots are reflected caustics -- they will clear but will take longer in the free versions "draft" mode for FIRE. Here are a few comparison renders (all to SL 12). !["Production" mode for FIRE](/uploads/imported_attachments/BaHX_chair_SL12.png ""Production" mode for FIRE")!["Draft" mode for FIRE](/uploads/imported_attachments/IzHc_chair_SL12_draft.png ""Draft" mode for FIRE") and as a slightly counter-intuitive work around I would reduce the roughness to 0 -- which causes the caustics to be less of an issue... as you see in this render (which will be the file I PM back to you).!["Draft" mode for FIRE with 0 roughness plastic](/uploads/imported_attachments/jY51_chair_SL12_draft2.png ""Draft" mode for FIRE with 0 roughness plastic") Best, Jason.

This test below is a box 5mx2mx1m (sorry, I'm metric). Base wood texture image set at 1mx1m it looks as though its all dependent on the scale of the base image used in the texgrid fill colour. If the base image is say 1mx1m (as defined in the sketchup material editor)then that is the size of one panel. [image: rmSx_test07.jpg] in this one I have adjusted the TexGrid repeat to 0.5, so each grid is 500mmx500mm [image: uJ2l_test08.jpg] and in this one I set the base image size in the sketchup material editor to 2mx2m (UV repeat back to 1.0) [image: TgBp_test09.jpg]

Thanks Pilou! I will look into that.

Hopefully someone moves this to the VRay forum, but for now, I can answer. Do you have region render enabled? Sometimes if this is still active, and you have made changes to your view and resolution, you can click render and nothing will happen. Have you tried resetting the defaults in your Options? What version of VR are you using?

Many thanks for the Info precision! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYnsJWepgA0

Thanks Oli! Superb!

the idea is that with a model, we can look at your vray settings and see if there's a solution.

@thomthom said: Really looking forward to get my hands on the beta! Me too. I hope they're finally going 64-bit.

Well, it does appear darker to me in the SketchUp viewport as well -- I think somehow the texture/UVs have been scaled down by the ThruPaint plugin in that area. Best, Jason.

could it be that the png is not being saved as interlaced?

Bug is VRay. Rumor is that this has been fixed in the next release already. We just are waiting for it to beta.

@stefanq said: That doesn't look to me like a correct mapped hdri image. Doesn't matter if it's big, small, blurred etc. You probably mapped it like "spherical" as type, and it's not a spherical map. Try "angular" instead. Notice that you cannot zoom in the HDRI. It's like you try to make some objects in an image to look closer. When you choose a HDRI, think about your camera position in the scene, how far you are from the object you're rendering, and try to find a HDRI image with similar shooting conditions. Finally, almost 2 weeks... I've a little bit understanding about HDRI. I try to browse some free "spherical HDRI map" and match with my model, then apply it to my environment. I get a better result. But, I just thought HDRI was not one of the best environment setting, there is many ways to do it. Thank you so much guys... Thank you stefanq... Jr

check the color slot in GI settings, also make sure you're using vray sky, otherwise you won't have sun shadows in your render

skip to 5:00 to see it in Rhino which will be the same as SU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbMykOA04Ac

Thanks for your responses....yes i've changed the angle of my camera and reduced the amount of grass but still quits :S... my dynamic memory limit is 5000 .. it seems ill have to use photoshop instead

thanks for the assistance guys. ive just decided to go with a 2 render method. 1 without a floor plane (for the building) and one with floor plane that i just do a magic wand selection and delete unused area, within photoshop to create the transparent shadow. as for why i would need to do something that is easy....ill show you when ive dont about my 500th model

@rspierenburg said: I usually just tweak the standard textures to suit my needs. But this site has some really nice free textures: http://luzindirecta.luxisessentia.com/ Nomeradona has some materials on his blog as well: http://www.sketchupvraymaterials.blogspot.ca/ Hope these help Thanks alot, downloading these now.. see how it goes!!

New article just posted from CG architect! Go have a read, http://www.cgarchitect.com/2012/10/bloom-unit-cloud-based-collaborative-rendering-for-sketchup More BU fans, always appreciated!