SketchFX visualization extension released

Pixero

Interesting. Whats the difference between the Pro and Lite versions?

juju

@pixero said:

Interesting. Whats the difference between the Pro and Lite versions?

that as a question I had as well, just scroll down a little on the page linked...

JQL

Impressive! I wonder if it could be merged with Thea Overlay interactive render.

fluid

Thanks for the interest in our plugin.

Pixero: Lite version has some missing effects compared to Pro version (bloom, depth of field, fog and scene transition). We made it clearer on our website

JQL: at the moment what you can do is render separately with 3rd party softwares, save an image and use it inside SketchFX

Pixero

Do the effects work with animation inside SketchUp or are they for still images only?
Meaning, can I run a animation in SU view with the effects on and can I rotate the view with the effects on?

fluid

Pixero, yes you can run an animation with most of the effects on. Only the following operations are incompatible with animation: "Image from scene", "Image from scene transition" and "Style". The reason is that the first two manipulate the animation in order to get the effect. The "Style" effect could be updated to support animation.

fluid

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

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:

fluid

Version 1.0.4 has just been released and can be found on SketchFX download page. The main new feature is custom rendering resolution; this is a standard 1024px wide rendering compared to a 4096px wide one (and rescaled to 1024px):

1024px:

4096px rescaled to 1024px:

fluid

SketchFX Ex is now available for download:

SketchFX - SketchUp Artistic Rendering in 1-Click

SketchFX extends SketchUp capabilities with a complete set of compelling visual effects. No learning required.

Fluid Interactive (www.fluidinteractive.com)

Ex version adds animation support to SketchFX:

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finnisoestela

Hmmm.....has trouble exporting in print resolution size (e.g. 4500 x 1890). Just freezes up.

fluid

Can you please contact us privately?
http://www.fluidinteractive.com/products/sketchup-extensions/sketchfx/contact/

Then we'll ask you to send us the model so we can take a look.
Maybe it just takes long to render, since the resolution is very high.

fluid

Version 1.0.10 has just been released and can be found on SketchFX download page.

We’ve been working hard on optimizing SketchFX and removing bottlenecks, resulting in a 3x speedup in many cases.

juju

Is that native output you're showing, or is there some post pro involved?

fluid

Hi juju,
the first image is native output. About the second one, it can be done entirely within SketchFX, but I've to ask to our client if he used any postprocessing.

fluid

Hi Juju,
I've contacted Benjamin Naudet, the author of the second image. He just had to create a clipping mask in Photoshop because he was unaware that SketchFX had that feature, it was one of his first attempts with our plugin.

Alberto

juju

Thanks for following up and getting back to to me.

utiler

Hi all, is anyone finding that SketchFX isn't working....? I bought it a while back and only just started playing around with it seeing I have a project I'd like use it with....

click on the icon and nothing happens.
Click down through the dropdown menus to apply effects, activate, etc and also nothing happens....

I'm on SU2018 BTW.

Cheers,