AmbientOcclusion for SketchUp released

fluid

We just added a AmbientOcclusion specific forum to add feature request, show your work in progress and report bugs

fluid

We just released AmbientOcclusion 1.9.0, you can find it here.

In this new version:

Added support for Parallel Projection and Two-Point Perspective cameras
Add Gain parameter to change overall scene brightness
Added support for disabling all section planes at once
Speed improvements and bug fixes

fluid

We just released a new version of SketchFX that allows to use AmbientOcclusion extension to render ambient occlusion layers directly inside SketchFX. You can get it here.

Without AmbientOcclusion Layer:

With AmbientOcclusion Layer:

Without AmbientOcclusion Layer:

With AmbientOcclusion Layer:

spadestick

hi fluid, I think you are trying to make this a full renderer somewhat, which makes it really slow on normal systems. Anyhow, is there any way to make a image like the one attached, where I manually photoshopped some kind of occlusion / radiosity in the shadow edges where I think would be appropriate, and leave the lines crisp and clean from direct skethchup output? I it were possible - would it be still as slow as what's happening now? the intention is the give the image more depth than the lack of due to the flat shadows generated in sketchup.

spadestick

could be really useful for drawings such as these :

fluid

Hi spadestick,

What system are you using for testing? AmbientOcclusion should render a scene like the cube above in just a few seconds.
Yes, it's possible to have the shadow lines as crisp as the example