Total newbie
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So I have never rendered before and have used Sketchup briefly for work. I liked it so much that I will use at home just to play with. My question is how did you guys as professionals began? Did you use rendering tools in Linux or Windows? Does that even matter? Did draw out your design first then bring it life? Do you use a mouse or tablet? These may be stupid questions, I'm just curious to know how I should start.
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try downloading the free podium plugin to see how your models will look rendered. That's where I started and now I've moved to vray. There's alot to learn but that's half the fun. I'm not brave enough to upload my renders yet but soon I'll take the plunge. You'll get great advice from this site but you'll have to title your posts to match your query to get the right people to answer them. Otherwise you end up with a long useless reply like this!!! From a short useless Irish man
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welcome to SUcation!
you can use a mouse or tablet as you like. the first step is modelling. build a good model first. it depends what your objectives are...if you just want some nice pictures, you don't have to worry too much about the internal structure of your model. even a lot of exterior details can be created with textures and bump/normal maps. if your model is for structural purposes, then detailed modelling is everything.
if i'm working on a job that needs some renders, i may use one of the many plugins ...podium, IDX, SU2POV, kerky, etc...to export the model and textures. rendering can be time-consuming, so i may start the render process on another computer. then i can carry on working on the model on the first computer.
SU can run on linux i believe, but not without a bit of modification/tweaking. some of the renderers run on linux...povray, kerkythea for example.
there are lots of tutorials out there, and as rclub says, lots of help on these forums
good luck!
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