Save scene - object highlighted with background.

[Dave R]

Short of changing the materials on those elements you want to fade out or using Fog, no. You can't save that faded look as a style. The easiest way to do it for an image would be to make several image exports and combine them in an external image editor.

This one was done with fog.

[baz]

That is a very classy look Dave

[Dave R]

Thank you, Barry. I was going for sort of a hot environment without putting in things like palm trees and sand.

[napoleon1944]

Dave,

Appreciate the chair example, and I have used fog in that way couple of times but was looking to call attention to individual items from a saved or same scene. Was hoping it would not be style specific solution.

[Dave R]

I understood what you were asking for. The example I posted was the only image I had available that comes close to showing what I was talking about.

It would be a whole lot easier to make that sort of image from a couple of exported images than repainting the parts of the model you want faded out.

[napoleon1944]

This is another example of what could be possible with the same image using a different style.

[Dave R]

That would also be easy to accomplish with a couple of image exports and a minute or two in an image editor.

Here's another example.

Which was made by combining this image:

With this one:

Both images are from the same SKP file. combining them in the image editor took only a few seconds.

[napoleon1944]

Dave,

Thanks for taking a look at this. Maybe someone who views this post may have an idea or know how to achieve this look without the use of the "PRINT SCREEN" button.

Thanks,
--Napoleon

[Dave R]

It can't be done in a single image export from SketchUp without modifying materials on part of your model but it is dead easy to do with multiple image exports from the same camera position.

[Box]

Also the ability to export images with transparent background makes layering simple.
This is the same scene twice with different layers turned on and off with a sketchy style applied to the blocks and a simple style applied to the figure. Then both just dumped on a photo.
It could be hidden line or any version of style, you just need to set the scenes you want and export the images.
No Print Screen button used.

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[napoleon1944]

Yes, I am familiar with these techniques and have used them in a different way.

I used The "Dennis Technique" when trying to create a watercolor looking type look. The Technique combines different exported styles (shadows, no shadows, color only, lines only, etc. Then using a photo editing software merging them and exposing underlying layers by erasing the center till the achieved look is gained.