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    • C Offline
      c0nfused2
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I am tring to get a portfilo together and when I export my images from sketchup them dont look so nice. Any suggestions on how I could increase the quality of exported images?

      http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9060/whitespots.png

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
        last edited by

        Export as large as possible and reduce to your correct size in Photoshop.

        http://www.solos-art.com

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

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        • C Offline
          c0nfused2
          last edited by

          and that usually takes care of the quality?

          Mucho Gracias

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          • soloS Offline
            solo
            last edited by

            Yes, that's normally what i do when I need an SU image, I export around 7000x7000 and reduce to 1000x1000 and it's crisp.

            http://www.solos-art.com

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

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            • charly2008C Offline
              charly2008
              last edited by

              Hi,

              an alternative could be the Snipping Tool.

              Charly


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              He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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              • HieruH Offline
                Hieru
                last edited by

                That's a good tip.

                A snipping tool (or alternatively Print Screen) is the only option when it comes to large models that cause SU to crash when you try to export large 2D images.

                www.davidhier.co.uk

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                • jason_marantoJ Offline
                  jason_maranto
                  last edited by

                  You could also use Layout to get much better exports.

                  Best,
                  Jason.

                  I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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                  • C Offline
                    c0nfused2
                    last edited by

                    is the snipping tool alrdy in sketchup or is it a plugin?

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                    • charly2008C Offline
                      charly2008
                      last edited by

                      It's a Windows 7 tool

                      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                      • D Offline
                        d12dozr
                        last edited by

                        Snipping tool is in Vista as well under All Programs > Accessories

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                        http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                        • C Offline
                          c0nfused2
                          last edited by

                          thanks much all

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                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                            Chris Fullmer
                            last edited by

                            What is the advantage of the snipping tool? Quality looks the same as the sketchup export to me.

                            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                            All my Plugins I've written

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                            • S Offline
                              SketchUpNoobie
                              last edited by

                              @solo said:

                              Yes, that's normally what i do when I need an SU image, I export around 7000x7000 and reduce to 1000x1000 and it's crisp.

                              What if we don't have PhotoShop? 🎉

                              --

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                              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                Chris Fullmer
                                last edited by

                                You can use GiMP which is free. Even Picasa would probably do a good enough job just down sizing the image.

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                                • M Offline
                                  mozzie
                                  last edited by

                                  For simple resizing and editing, Irfanview is pretty effective.
                                  For example, it offers a number of algorithms for resizing.
                                  And it's free. http://www.irfanview.com/

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                                  • PixeroP Offline
                                    Pixero
                                    last edited by

                                    @solo said:

                                    Yes, that's normally what i do when I need an SU image, I export around 7000x7000 and reduce to 1000x1000 and it's crisp.

                                    Do you export with antialiasing at 7000 pixels or without?
                                    I've never could export antialiased more than some 4500 pixels. 😢

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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      I guess it's withOUT as when you resample the image, you can set antialiasing anyway.

                                      Gai...

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                                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                        Chris Fullmer
                                        last edited by

                                        I export oversize images like Solo suggested also, and I always do no antialising. I feel Photoshop (or the others) do a better job with the anti-aliasing than SU does anyhow.

                                        Chris

                                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                        All my Plugins I've written

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by

                                          Andfaster andless memory sensitive...

                                          Gai...

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                                          • PixeroP Offline
                                            Pixero
                                            last edited by

                                            Hmmm... I might have to try without AA again.
                                            In the past when I have exported without AA, sometimes lines were skipped and it looked really ugly even when reduced in size.

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