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    • tinanneT Offline
      tinanne
      last edited by

      Very impressive Ross. I'm also excited about this program.

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        kwick7
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        1.5 isn't open beta yet, right? I started giving Podium a try again this week, but render time for me has been extremely slow. I want to use it, hopefully 1.5 is what I need, otherwise I'll just stick with Kerkythea for now.

        http://www.bigmug.net

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          Ross Macintosh
          last edited by

          Hi kwick7 -- all registered users of Podium have access to the Beta. If your getting along fine with Kerkythea then you may never need Podium. If I'm not mistaken, Podium uses the Kerkythea rendering engine so it will never be any faster than it. What Podium does have going for it is the simplified user interface and the way it works inside SU as a plugin.

          Thanks for the feedback Tina, Solo and nomeradona. The tips are appreciated too.

          Regards, Ross

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          • GarethG Offline
            Gareth
            last edited by

            Nice work...!!

            This is the first time I have been in here since the old SU Forum.

            It's good to recognise some of the old names.....!!

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            • S Offline
              sepo
              last edited by

              Just for the record Podium can be faster than Kerky. It depends on presets you use. It is similar to 2 computers using same spec and one is faster than the other. It is all in fine tuning πŸ˜„

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                kwick7
                last edited by

                @ross macintosh said:

                Hi kwick7 -- all registered users of Podium have access to the Beta. If your getting along fine with Kerkythea then you may never need Podium. If I'm not mistaken, Podium uses the Kerkythea rendering engine so it will never be any faster than it. What Podium does have going for it is the simplified user interface and the way it works inside SU as a plugin.

                Thanks for the feedback Tina, Solo and nomeradona. The tips are appreciated too.

                Regards, Ross

                All registered users- as in those that have purchased Podium already?

                It would be nice to not have to load up Kerkythea and just render away in SketchUp. I have gotten better with Podium over the past 2 days, though, and will continue tinkering with it. The trial just isn't doing anything for me - too many limits.

                At the price, though, I may just buy Podium- then I can see what the deal is with 1.5.

                Now.... if only someone would port either of them to the mac- then I would be really happy. πŸ˜„

                http://www.bigmug.net

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                • S Offline
                  sepo
                  last edited by

                  Mac porting is on our to do list.When I can not say though πŸ˜‰

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                    kwick7
                    last edited by

                    @sepo said:

                    Mac porting is on our to do list.When I can not say though πŸ˜‰

                    I'll take what I can get! Hope meter filled!

                    I long for the day when I can stop using bootcamp to render or I can stop using my old centrino pc laptop with a measily 512 megs of ram.

                    http://www.bigmug.net

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                    • spenceS Offline
                      spence
                      last edited by

                      I like it Ross. I think you have done an excellent job. I'm trying to do the same with some of my models using Podium and I'm struggling. My model colors render all whack, I'm not doing so well with Podium. I want to do something like what you have done, Nice!

                      Spence

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                        sepo
                        last edited by

                        Spence visit us at forum. There will be someone keen to help.

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