Low-requirements render solutions for a Mac?
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Hey, guys, long time no post!
Right now, Lumion is my only rendering software, but I can only use it on my custom-built desktop PC. Anything less and Lumion is insufferably slow. So, having discarded the possibility of using a slow Lumion on any kind of lightweight laptop, having been itching for a new Mac for a while, and now needing a laptop for the first time in years, I've decided to order a Macbook Air on Black Friday. I'll be going for the dual-core Core i5 w/ 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. If Apple has some good Black Friday deals, maybe more than that. Maybe even a Retina Macbook Pro.
Being a Windows+Lumion guy, I'm not up-to-date with Mac rendering software for SketchUp, so I want recommendations from Mac users, especially Macbook Air users: What would you use for rendering stills, maybe even animations, on such a system? The models I'll be working on will be much more lightweight than the monster commercial projects I do on my PC. And after 4 years of Lumion, I no longer care about photorealism. I just want a nice sky and nice plants. LumenRT looks good... Has anyone tried that on a MBA? Any other videogame-style rendering solutions for low low-powered Mac?
Yeah, I used to be quite up-to-date with rendering apps and used to try everything, but 4 years of Lumion have taken me out of the loop.
And no, I'm not considering a PC laptop because I already have a powerful PC desktop and I want a Mac to replace my old Mac Mini. (iMovie is quickly becoming my favorite video editor, among other things...)
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@ecuadorian said:
**I'll be going for the dual-core Core i5
especially Macbook Air users: What would you use for rendering stills**
hey Miguel!
have a look here:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=196062#p196062
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i use macbook pro retina 15" 2013. I would recommend getting a faster laptop. but i don't know if speed is important. but I guess macbook air will be very slow.
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@jeff hammond said:
have a look here:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=196062#p196062
Hey, Jeff. Thanks! I had completely forgotten that you can also get good results with straight SketchUp output... And I posted that myself!
Speed is not that important. I also have a monster desktop Windows PC if a project requires it. I just want to model in SketchUp and maybe produce a few pretty pictures.
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