Best Rendering Software

jiminy-billy-bob

Thea also seems very powerfull, though I haven't deeply tried it.
Octane seems promising, but it has not been released yet.

Stinkie

@jman0war said:

I won't be going with SUPodium, while I had the very original first release, it's just not perfect way too slow.

Try the latest version. I am confident you'll be surprised.

jman0war

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

With Vray, everything is done inside SU. You can even render with 64bit without leaving SU.

Sounds and looks great, but $835.00 is way, way too much to spend.

pilou

Mitsuba it's free !

mitcorb

Hello:
Here is a listing you may not have seen:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81%26amp;t=3220#p15472

Or, here:
http://sketchuprendering.com/

jman0war

Mitsuba looks interesting.
But it looks a little crude yet.

Fake Grass via Motion Blur is a cool and creative solution, but I remain a little unconvinced.
Do you know of any large renderings of outdoor architectural scenes where I can see the results?

Krisidious

I don't do any paid renders and I'm not very good at it... But I can tell you which one I've been wanting. Thea Presto.

(www.thearender.com)

jman0war

@krisidious said:

I don't do any paid renders and I'm not very good at it... But I can tell you which one I've been wanting. Thea Presto.

(www.thearender.com)

Sure, but you have to export the model.
That's exactly the step i'm looking to omit.

Krisidious

Are any of them truly, actually inside sketchup? What's the problem with exporting? are you on freemake?

solo

@jman0war said:

@krisidious said:

I don't do any paid renders and I'm not very good at it... But I can tell you which one I've been wanting. Thea Presto.

(www.thearender.com)

Sure, but you have to export the model.
That's exactly the step i'm looking to omit.

No you do not, I use Thea 100% in SU, never export to studio.

andybot

@krisidious said:

Are any of them truly, actually inside sketchup? What's the problem with exporting? are you on freemake?

Kris - is Presto inside SU - as opposed to Thea which has that studio thing? Or does Presto have to export to a studio as well? I am assuming jman0war is referring to a manual export process - where it's possible to make changes in an external studio that are not necessarily transferred back to SU.

Edit: I see Pete has answered...

Krisidious

Yeah, I'm talking about Thea Presto, not Thea standalone.

Hieru

@jman0war said:

Sure, but you have to export the model.
That's exactly the step i'm looking to omit.

The exporting mentioned on the Thea for Sketchup page is simply an option to export to Thea Studio.

There is no need to export and you can use Thea without leaving Sketchup - just as you can with Vray, Twighlight or the other integrated rendering software.

jman0war

Really?
I did not pick up on that when I browsed their website.
The renders look great.

jman0war

@krisidious said:

Are any of them truly, actually inside sketchup? What's the problem with exporting? are you on freemake?

The problem with exporting is that I get people looking at a render and then wanting additional changes.
Changes that require going back into Sketchup and then having to re-export.

So a solution whereby I can do it all in SU would be best for me.

jeff hammond

@jman0war said:

The problem with exporting is that I get people looking at a render and then wanting additional changes.
Changes that require going back into Sketchup and then having to re-export.

So a solution whereby I can do it all in SU would be best for me.

maybe look at maxwell for sketchup