[Plugin] Sketchup Ivy
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What render engine?
The answer is because they are jpg and have no alpha channel, they need to be .png or you need to have the alpha mask in the right slot.
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Just playing with SU output at the moment, Solo.
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hi
question for the experts?
I'm going out to the garden to collect some english dog rose stem, leafs, buds and flowers to make up a set.
what would be the best size, resolution, etc... to use with this. The originals seem huge to me, is that necessary?
Obviously transparent background png's
john
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@leedeetee said:
Just playing with SU output at the moment, Solo.
Looked so to me as well, nonetheless, you need to use png-files where the white parts are actually transparent as Solo already have pointed out...
If you don't have one, you can play with this ivy leaf EarthMover posted earlier... -
@frederik said:
@leedeetee said:
Just playing with SU output at the moment, Solo.
Looked so to me as well, nonetheless, you need to use png-files where the white parts are actually transparent as Solo already have pointed out...
If you don't have one, you can play with this ivy leaf EarthMover posted earlier...Super, thanks, and thank-you Solo.
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@driven said:
hi
question for the experts?
I'm going out to the garden to collect some english dog rose stem, leafs, buds and flowers to make up a set.
what would be the best size, resolution, etc... to use with this. The originals seem huge to me, is that necessary?
Obviously transparent background png's
johnThat depends on how close the camera will be. A general rule is to use sizes such as 256x256 pixels, 512x512 etc. since they use the least amount of memory compared to it's size.
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@solo said:
Oh yes,I agree the leaves need to be .png's with alpha channel, especially for render purposes, I'd like to have something similar to fur plugin that I can choose what to use as leaves if possible.
Face me would be awesome.
I don't know where all this **"png with alpha channel"**stuff is coming from, certainly one can do a precise cutout using PS and SU only, that's how I make the new Ivy leaves I posted in my rar file. Granted its a little more work. Also everyone in the photo-reproduction industry I know, is NOT a .png fan, and will always ask to convert to .jpg before printing.
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Tomot, the reason I insist in .png is because for ivy you going to have a lot of geometry with the branches, now using your jpg cut out leaves will add 112 edges per leaf as opposed to 4. So imagine having 1000 leaves. I was more concerned with the huge geometry than the shadows in SU as I would be rendering anyway.
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@solo said:
So imagine having 1000 leaves. I was more concerned with the huge geometry than the shadows in SU as I would be rendering anyway.
Good point Solo.
Regards
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@solo said:
I was more concerned with the huge geometry than the shadows in SU as I would be rendering anyway.
fair comment! I very rarely use Vray rendered images for presentations, I'm more a fan of the Dennis presentation technique hence I want leaves without borders. I suppose that's the trade-off
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@tomot said:
fair comment! I very rarely use Vray rendered images for presentations, I'm more a fan of the Dennis presentation technique hence I want leaves without borders. I suppose that's the trade-off
Sorry, you are rigth, I was thinking only in the render process. I'm also denni's tech fan.
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Is there a way to change the parameters of the number of segments in the stems? To be honest, I don't think it's necessary to be using hexagonal stems metres off the ground. You could probably start with a square cross section and quickly move to triangular(as in earlier releases) without any visible difference...especially as most stems will be hidden behind leaves.
This plugin is looking really good.
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It looks like an awesome Plugin, unfortunately as previously mentioned it's not working on Mac Sketchup 8.
Hope you resolve it as it would be fantastic to use on an upcoming project.
Tx
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@justinplunkett said:
It looks like an awesome Plugin, unfortunately as previously mentioned it's not working on Mac Sketchup 8.
Hope you resolve it as it would be fantastic to use on an upcoming project.
Tx
JustinHi Justin,
it does work on Mac with SU version 8, but I need to load it after startup from ruby console, or with as_pluginloader.rb.
to use with either method of loading, I would suggest the following-
go to LiveIvy.rb (in your plugins folder) >> right click and color it green >> drag it into LiveIvy Folder >> start SU >> open Ruby Console >> type load "LiveIvy/LiveIvy.rb" hit return >> draw or select a surface/shape/group... >> last item in plugins menu should be Ivy.
or use plugin loader to do the same, navigate to then select the green file... that's why I color it...
the standard image files can be improved by editing the .skp's in the folder, and I haven't got my head around all the settings yet.
but they do work.
john
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Just a quicky test with others leafs
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Here are a spanish translate from version 0.5.4. I'm going to translate version 0.6.x when is more stable.
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Thanks for the great Plugin!
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thanks for this magnificent plugin!!
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Hi all,
Is posted before that i could get either of the plugin and its revisions to work on a mac. So tonight itried on my (pc) laptop using su6 and su7. And... Some error as on the mac! Sorry cant type the complete code (commenting in my bb, sorry) its that error about birth_stem line 236 , something about 'birth' line 223 and so on. I tried all the tricks i saw here in this post. But i dont have su8 installed yet on my pc so i got one option left. Everything runs untill the shift+click... And that the error starts with TypeError: reference to deleted group .....
Hope some can resolve this one on both my machines. Ps on the mac i do have su6,7 and 8 running
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Rombout
Are you sure you have installed all of the zipped files correctly ?
When you extract files for a zip you must keep them in their respective subfolders...
Usually there's only one or two .rb files that go directly into the Plugins folder... all other related files stay inside their subfolder [or even subfolders within that]
It you have inadvertently put some files into the Plugins folder that ought to be inside a subfolder, then they can auto-load and cause issues; so reinstall all of the tool's files as outlined above. Then recheck the Plugins folder and remove any files you find in it that should actually be in the subfolder[s]... Restart Sketchup and see if it works now...
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