Oops, your profile's looking a bit empty! To help us tailor your experience, please fill in key details like your SketchUp version, skill level, operating system, and more. Update and save your info on your profile page today!
⚠️ Important | Libfredo 15.6a introduces important bugfixes for Fredo's Extensions Update
Render vs. Export
-
Is there any difference between "exporting" a model as a jpg to "rendering" the model with Thea or Podium?
-
Yes!
A straight JPG or PNG export from SketchUp won't have reflections, soft shadows, bump mapped textures and other features of an image after the model is processed in a rendering application. A rendering application can create nearly photo-realistic images which you'd never get out of SketchUp directly.
This is an image export out of SketchUp:
This is from the same model after rendering:
Advertisement