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    • Al HartA Offline
      Al Hart
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      Regarding using LargeAddressAware on 32 bit machines.

      I found out how to do this, See: LargeAddressAware Thread

      Al Hart

      http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
      IRender nXt from Render Plus

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      • StinkieS Offline
        Stinkie
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        Mmm ... LAA + Vray ... Exporting large images fixed ... Looks like a useful update.

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        • spenceS Offline
          spence
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          @bob james said:

          @spence said:

          So, I just installed DivX and gave it a whirl, awesome, it worked so slick and the export was very fast. It looked super good.
          If anyone would like to try, check out the difference between codecs like the default (I thinks it's Sorenson) and DivX. DivX is so much smoother, no where near as much jitter. http://www.divx.com/DivX

          Which DivX codec: MEV, H264, AAC, AVI ?

          Bob,

          Not entirely sure. I just downloaded the free DivX (Not the Pro) and installed the Codec Pack 1.0. I set it to export an .AVI, but I'm not sure which codec it uses. I don't believe I'm able to change what codec because I'm not using the Pro version. I hope that answers your question.

          Spence

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          • Bob JamesB Offline
            Bob James
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            Thanks, Spence: I'll give it a try

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            • honoluludesktopH Offline
              honoluludesktop
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              Doesn't DivX require a DivX player? Will it work with the WinMedia Player?

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              • PixeroP Offline
                Pixero
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                List of default codecs in Windows media player: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899113

                Everything else will need a special codec download.
                As of DivX there is also the free Xvid. Still a codec is needed to play.

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
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                  @spence said:

                  I don't believe I'm able to change what codec because I'm not using the Pro version.

                  There's absolutely no difference between the free and pro versions in this case (since version 6, they can export animation exactly the same way).

                  If it does not work, there must be something else. To check if it does work, set the codec to something else than Cinepack. Export something (just a couple of frames) and open the export options again. If it did not change back to Cinepack, it works.

                  (I still like to export as image sequence better. I generally export at a double size then I batch resize them with some better antialiasing than what SU has and make the movie of the images - more control, more options, nicer output - but double/triple as much time to accomplish)

                  Gai...

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                  • PixeroP Offline
                    Pixero
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                    @gaieus said:

                    I still like to export as image sequence better. I generally export at a double size then I batch resize them with some better antialiasing than what SU has and make the movie of the images - more control, more options, nicer output - but double/triple as much time to accomplish

                    Plus, if anything goes wrong, like a crash, with images you can just continue where you left of while for a movie export you'd have to start from the beginning.

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
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                      Yes, exactly. And although not an excellent movie, this technique also allows me to use some special effects between the different parts like below.

                      Phases of an excavation
                      [flash=450,380:4adfvfw1]http://www.youtube.com/v/bKsEpF1Neh0?fs=1&hl=en_US[/flash:4adfvfw1]

                      Gai...

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                      • K Offline
                        Khai
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                        @honoluludesktop said:

                        Doesn't DivX require a DivX player? Will it work with the WinMedia Player?

                        for all your video playback needs - http://www.videolan.org/ small, powerful, free, plays just about anything.

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                        • PixeroP Offline
                          Pixero
                          last edited by

                          Yes VLC Player is great, but what if you want to send a movie to a client?
                          Then you must use something that can be viewed on any computer.

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                          • K Offline
                            Khai
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                            @pixero said:

                            Yes VLC Player is great, but what if you want to send a movie to a client?
                            Then you must use something that can be viewed on any computer.

                            then all bets are out the window. you can't even guarentee they have the same codec's you do anyway.

                            at that point, your better off boiling your work down to DVD format. that can be played on more than just a computer then...

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                            • Bryan KB Offline
                              Bryan K
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                              I'm still using 7 (free). Is there any compelling reason to go to 8 (free)?

                              I'm seem to vaguely recall that someone mentioned some features had been removed from 8?

                              Can anyone fill me in?

                              See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
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                                DWG/DXF import was removed from 7.0 and substituted with a plugin in the free version. AFAIK it does not work in SU 8 (free) but I am not sure.

                                However you can always keep your old version 7 (I have 6, and 😎 and can even run them together at the same time. If nothing else, the shadow bug fix is worth upgrading to v.8 M1.

                                Gai...

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                                • Bryan KB Offline
                                  Bryan K
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks Gaieus.

                                  I didn't know about the shadow bug. What is that all about?

                                  See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
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                                    When during an animation where shadows are on, the camera is travelling into/out of the shadow, it used to flicker. Just try it out.

                                    Now it's fixed.

                                    Gai...

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                                    • R Offline
                                      RHPLUS
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                                      I checked out V-ray for SU8. There is possibility to use HDRI 360 panoramas as a background and source of natural light in scene, but this is very difficult to positionning this panoramas in accordance to real sun position.My proposition is to enlarge options in styles settings and let set 360 HDRI or raster panorama as a background instead of color sky and ground.

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                                      • Al HartA Offline
                                        Al Hart
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                                        [This is probably getting off-topic]

                                        When 360 HDRIs were "invented" the idea was to stitch together actual photographs to create Panoramic images. But no provision was made in the HDRi format to specify where the sun happened to be when the image was taken, (and what time, date, and location was used for the image). It it were, then we could attempt to rotate the image (automatically) to have the sun direction match the SketchUp sun direction. But, of course, we could not change the date, time or location of the original HDRi image to match the SketchUp sun time. (Since the HDRi image has already been taken)

                                        These backgrounds provide great illumination and reflections. But I, (after admitting to by prejudice in this matter), think that SketchUp should leave the interface and rendering of HDRi backgrounds to the add-on renderers.

                                        HDRI rendering

                                        http://wiki.renderplus.com/images/thumb/8/83/Final_HDRi_sky.jpg/550px-Final_HDRi_sky.jpg

                                        Original SketchUp Model

                                        http://wiki.renderplus.com/images/thumb/6/61/HDRi_-_Airstream.jpg/450px-HDRi_-_Airstream.jpg

                                        @rhplus said:

                                        I checked out V-ray for SU8. There is possibility to use HDRI 360 panoramas as a background and source of natural light in scene, but this is very difficult to positionning this panoramas in accordance to real sun position.My proposition is to enlarge options in styles settings and let set 360 HDRI or raster panorama as a background instead of color sky and ground.

                                        Al Hart

                                        http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
                                        IRender nXt from Render Plus

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by

                                          @al hart said:

                                          ...I [...] think that SketchUp should leave the interface and rendering of HDRi backgrounds to the add-on renderers.

                                          👍
                                          SU has nothing to do with 3rd party renderers and even if it had - which one then? (Why V-ray for instance?)

                                          Gai...

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @gaieus said:

                                            @al hart said:

                                            ...I [...] think that SketchUp should leave the interface and rendering of HDRi backgrounds to the add-on renderers.

                                            👍
                                            SU has nothing to do with 3rd party renderers and even if it had - which one then? (Why V-ray for instance?)

                                            But it would be cool to use environment maps in SketchUp...

                                            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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