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    • V Offline
      Victor.Feliz
      last edited by

      First of all, thank you for the welcome message.

      @gaieus said:

      (I removed you from the "newly registered" usergroup now so you don't have to wait for moderation - I guess you are not going to spam us with viagra and similar)
      πŸ˜†

      Are you sure? πŸ˜†

      About the app I'm open to suggestions.

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        @victor.feliz said:

        Are you sure? πŸ˜†

        Well, out moderators are always open to something new (and no-one is getting younger) so just go ahead!
        πŸ˜„

        @victor.feliz said:

        About the app I'm open to suggestions.

        Well, we know quite little about it... I mean to little to suggest.

        Maybe... will it be available for rendering plugins / 3rd party studios?

        Gai...

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        • V Offline
          Victor.Feliz
          last edited by

          Toc toc... πŸ˜‰

          Let's explain a little more...

          • Skychup won't be fully integrated in Sketchup since the SDK only provides access to read/write skp files so there is no way to access to the viewport. My intention is to have a "two clicks solution" and comunicate Sketchup with a external app (Skychup) that will render the background according to your camera position and day time.

          Obviously you can customize your sky and save it in presets to be used in your scenes.

          • Yes it currently is DirectX based (as ever) but maybe I could change it in the future to OpenGL to offer Mac support.

          • About HDRI this shouldn't be diffucult but I want to lie to anyone, if you need a very high quality sky you should use Vue/Ozone or some other like this, Skychup will be designed to be a very fast solution.

          • Free or commercial, unfortunatly we need to pay our bills 😳 so it will be comercial but very cheap (nothing to do with the prices of Vue, Ozone...)

          • For animation I was thinking about 2 ways one for people that only uses sketchup that will be a big cube around the entire scene (like in video games) so you can change between your scenes and record that camera movement as some architects make. The other way is render a movement like a sequence of files.

          • Don't ask Solo too much about this, the beta is not out yet (probably the app itself in a week, and the Sketchup connection could take a bit more).

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          • V Offline
            Victor.Feliz
            last edited by

            @gaieus said:

            @victor.feliz said:

            Are you sure? πŸ˜†

            Well, out moderators are always open to something new (and no-one is getting younger) so just go ahead!
            πŸ˜„

            @victor.feliz said:

            About the app I'm open to suggestions.

            Well, we know quite little about it... I mean to little to suggest.

            Maybe... will it be available for rendering plugins / 3rd party studios?

            I really think that I'll enjoy with this forum 🀣

            About third party it will be easy since Skychup will use a open xml format to store the scenes and anyone could write his own querys to it (also we'll help them if they need).

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Well then, I am looking forward to it. It is really nice and if it can be integrated into any of the rendering apps I currently use, I will definitely be a buyer!
              πŸ˜‰

              Gai...

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              • EarthMoverE Offline
                EarthMover
                last edited by

                This is sounding really promising. Let us know if you need any further help with beta testing. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                Content Creator at Skapeup

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                • BurkhardB Offline
                  Burkhard
                  last edited by

                  Nice one Victor and welcome at SCF,
                  hope to see some more soon. I own Colimo and know about you work. So thanks a lot.

                  [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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                  • P Offline
                    Phil Rader AIA
                    last edited by

                    Cool but the name SKYCHUP...?

                    http://www.philrader.com

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                    • numbthumbN Offline
                      numbthumb
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Cool but the name SKYCHUP...?

                      ThatΒ΄s a good point. But then again, even the name "SketchUp" is not the best choice. πŸ˜„

                      Comfortably numb...

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                      • PixeroP Offline
                        Pixero
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        Cool but the name SKYCHUP...?

                        I agree. Not a good name IMHO.

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                        • Bob JamesB Offline
                          Bob James
                          last edited by

                          I personally don't care what it's called as long as it works, can improve workflow for providing HDRIs (even low quality), is compatible with SU in some easy way, can be integrated somehow into Thea (remember I said "personally" πŸ˜„ ), and is available soon.

                          @unknownuser said:

                          so it will be commercial but very cheap (nothing to do with the prices of Vue, Ozone...)

                          Bring it on πŸŽ‰

                          i7-4930K 3.4Ghz, 2x GTX780 6GB, 32GB DDR3-1600 ECC, OCZ Vertex 4 500GB, WD Black 3TB, 32TB NAS, 4x 27" Monitors, SpaceMouse Pro, X-keys XK-60

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                          • jbacusJ Offline
                            jbacus
                            last edited by

                            @victor.feliz said:

                            • Skychup won't be fully integrated in Sketchup since the SDK only provides access to read/write skp files so there is no way to access to the viewport. My intention is to have a "two clicks solution" and comunicate Sketchup with a external app (Skychup) that will render the background according to your camera position and day time

                            Hi Victor,

                            You may want to have a look at SketchUp's Ruby API (not the SDK)– I think it gives you ample access to the active SketchUp model to render a skydome. Ping me privately if you want more information on that.

                            john
                            .

                            "...exaggerate the essential and leave the obvious unclear." --Vincent Van Gogh

                            John Bacus
                            jbacus@sketchup.com

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                            • V Offline
                              Victor.Feliz
                              last edited by

                              It seems that you don't like this name... anyway it is changeable still.

                              What about Motiva S4? (Simple Sketchup Sky System)

                              New names are welcomed!

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                              • numbthumbN Offline
                                numbthumb
                                last edited by

                                @victor.feliz said:

                                It seems that you don't like this name...

                                Well, it isnΒ΄t quite melodious πŸ˜„ But of course, the name is not a critical issue.
                                Anyway, Motiva S4 sounds a lot better, as far as I am concerned.

                                Comfortably numb...

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                                  solo
                                  last edited by

                                  zephyr

                                  http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                                  • jason_marantoJ Offline
                                    jason_maranto
                                    last edited by

                                    How about "Fresh Air for Sketchup"?

                                    Best,
                                    Jason.

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

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Firmament
                                      Empyrean
                                      Empyreal
                                      Ethereal
                                      Elysian
                                      Elysium
                                      Supernal
                                      Welkin
                                      Mantle
                                      SkyUp
                                      Skies
                                      Skize
                                      Skyze
                                      Skyercizer [ πŸ˜• ]
                                      Nimbus
                                      Nebula
                                      Nebulous
                                      SilverLining
                                      BlueSky
                                      SkyPilot
                                      SkyFire
                                      SkyKing
                                      SkyMaster
                                      SkyLord
                                      SkyBoss
                                      SkyHi
                                      SkyDome
                                      Skydom
                                      Sky
                                      Skyer
                                      Skyest
                                      BetterSky
                                      BestSky
                                      DeepSky
                                      HighSky
                                      NewSky
                                      NewSkies
                                      VanillaSky
                                      MySky
                                      OurSky
                                      Skies'R'Us
                                      Skyus
                                      UpSky
                                      SketchSky
                                      Skytch
                                      Skyne
                                      Atmosphere

                                      TIG

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                                        david_h
                                        last edited by

                                        TIG pretty much ran the gamut here but . . .okay .. I'll play.

                                        Valhalla. . .
                                        Arial
                                        Aerial
                                        Aerie
                                        Celesta. . .sounds like a sleep aid
                                        Deep Blue. .. I think that one is taken'

                                        HeavenUp . . I kinda like that one.

                                        Or we can just call it. . .Phil. πŸ’š

                                        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                        • V Offline
                                          Victor.Feliz
                                          last edited by

                                          @tig said:

                                          VanillaSky
                                          Skies'R'Us

                                          πŸ˜† I miss skynet too.

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                                          • soloS Offline
                                            solo
                                            last edited by

                                            Oh! zone.

                                            http://www.solos-art.com

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

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