[Plugin][$] FredoPortrait - v2.9a - 01 Apr 24

Dave R

It's not my argument. Read the terms of use for SketchUp Make and Pro. You are using SketchUp Make commercially and are violating the agreement. You need to have a license that allows it.

BeePee

Dave: I think your argument that I should pay the high cost for the Pro version because I use Sketchup to make some things to sell doesn't hold water. I use a LOT of other software as part of my business too: MS Word, Excel and other aspects of MS Office, Outlook, Video making software, music recording software etc etc etc. All of these are just as important as my CAD design software, but they don't charge an arm and a leg - and they don't try and police what I can use them for, as you seem to be wanting to do on behalf of Trimble. The other software makers I use charge a reasonable annual fee, which feels fair. As noted, I'd be happy to pay a reasonable amount to continue using an updated version of Sketchup Make, and I believe many other Make users would too. But the Pro version fees don't feel reasonable by comparison with these other softwares.

Sure, you can point to several other professional CAD programs that cost a lot more than Sketchup Pro. But Sketchup is different, because of how it developed and the many years that Sketchup Make was free to use. It made Sketchup much loved, hugely successful, and generated the enthusiastic body of keen expert users (like Fredo) who devised wonderful plugins and extensions. After many years of that positivity, for Trimble to make a unilateral decision to ditch Make without consulting their community feels to many like a kind of betrayal. Because long-time users love Skethup, they feel hurt as well as angry. In my opinion Trimble should take note of the huge amount of negative feedback they've received over abruptly stopping Make, and do something about it in the way I suggested. That will ensure long-term users remain loyal and don't ditch the program altogether as Make 2017 gets further and further behind the times.

What I'm experiencing is a case in point. I want to use Fredo Portait's extra functionality and make a thankful donation to Fredo for it , but I can't because it's only available in Pro. For now that's a deal breaker, unfortunately.

Thanks for your suggestion Fredo. Actually I am already using an image editor to crop the images in the 10 tedious steps I listed at the top of the other thread: MS Paint. I just had a quick look to see if there is an image editor that does cropping which is any better than MS Paint, but they all seem to involve the same process: make a manual selection box around the image, then crop.

If you know of one where you just click on a discrete area of colour (black in the case of my images) and it does automatic cropping, I'd love to hear of it. That would be a decent half-way solution - not as good as the extra features of Portrait, but better than what I'm doing.

Thanks to both of you for taking the time and trouble to answer my posts, and those of the many other Sketchup users on Sketchucation. Though we might differ on some things, one thing we have in common is that we all love this quirky old software!

fredo6

@beepee said:

If you know of one where you just click on a discrete area of colour (black in the case of my images) and it does automatic cropping, I'd love to hear of it. That would be a decent half-way solution - not as good as the extra features of Portrait, but better than what I'm doing.

This can be done by scripting, but unfortunately the Sketchup Ruby API to manipulate images is available only as of SU2018.

Most likely I will propose the option in FredoPortrait to auto-crop exported images (when in PNG and transparent). This make sense, a the cropping is done currently only in one direction, not both. But, again, this will require SU2018 or higher.

BeePee

Thanks Fredo. For now I will continue as I am.

I'm sure you, Dave and other plugin developers have significant influence with SketchUp. On behalf of the many (millions?) of us who taught ourselves on and still love to use SketchUp Make, please try to persuade the Trimble decision makers to reactivate it in a new annual subscription model with a reasonable cost. There is definitely a gap between Pro and Free for a version without some of the high-end functions of Pro but which still enables plugins & extensions to be used.

It would make a lot of long-term users happy, be a PR coup for Trimble - and bring in more income for the likes of yourselves from a much wider user base who can use, and pay for, your latest plugins. Win, win, win!

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoPortrait v2.0a - 18 Nov 19

Requirement: LibFredo6 9.4

FredoPortrait 2.0a introduces the Screenshot tool, which is about exporting images from the viewport or a portion of the viewport with strict respect of specified dimensions.

Note: this functionality is available for**SU2018 and above**.

1) Screenshot - Quick silent video

https://youtu.be/S03P7ynAr-k

2) Screenshot - Tutorial

https://youtu.be/ZehWZiksqYU

Home Page of FredoPortrait for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoPortrait thread.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoPortrait v2.0b - 25 Nov 19

Requirement: LibFredo6 9.4b

FredoPortrait 2.0b is a minor release fixing some bugs

Home Page of FredoPortrait for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoPortrait thread.

klpauba

@beepee said:

Dave: I think your argument that I should pay the high cost for the Pro version because I use Sketchup to make some things to sell doesn't hold water. I use a LOT of other software as part of my business too: MS Word, Excel and other aspects of MS Office, Outlook, Video making software, music recording software etc etc etc.

I don't think I should have to pay the high price of your music on MP3's because I only listen to them while I'm on the road and not all the time (I like country too). I can find your (great) harmonica songs on another site where they are free. In fact, there are a lot of free MP3's available on regular sites so why should I pay the much higher price for yours? You would do your listeners a favor and it would be a PR win for you if you just gave them away.

Like the developer's at sketchup, I find you to be very talented.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoPortrait v2.0c - 21 Dec 19

Requirement: LibFredo6 9.4b

FredoPortrait 2.0c is extension of validity

Home Page of FredoPortrait for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoPortrait thread.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoPortrait v2.1a - 08 Jan 20

Requirement: LibFredo6 9.4b

FredoPortrait 2.1a fixes bugs for the Screenshot tool and includes cosmetic adjustment

Home Page of FredoPortrait for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoPortrait thread.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoPortrait v2.1c - 19 Mar 20

Requirement: LibFredo6 9.4b

FredoPortrait 2.1c extends validity

Home Page of FredoPortrait for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoPortrait thread.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoPortrait v2.2a - 19 Aug 20

Requirement: LibFredo6 11.0a

FredoPortrait 2.2a is for bug fixing, cosmetic adjustments and extension of validity

Home Page of FredoPortrait for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoPortrait thread.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoPortrait v2.3a - 20 Nov 20

Requirement: LibFredo6 11.3a

FredoPortrait 2.3a is for adjustments and extension of validity

Home Page of FredoPortrait for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoPortrait thread.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoPortrait v2.4a - 06 Jan 21

Requirement: LibFredo6 11.3a

FredoPortrait 2.4a is for adjustments and extension of validity

Home Page of FredoPortrait for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoPortrait thread.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoPortrait v2.5a - 27 Jan 21

Requirement: LibFredo6 11.6a

FredoPortrait 2.5a becomes a paid plugin.

There is a Free trial period of 15 days from activation, with full features. Then, you need to license the extension on Sketchucation:

Perpetual License: 17 €
Rush License (21 days from purchase date): 5 €
See this post for instructions to license an extension on Sketchucation.

Note: the previous version v2.4a will naturally expires on 31 Jan 21

Home Page of FredoPortrait for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoPortrait thread.

ltchest

I purchased FredoStudio because i would like to copy cameras from one model to another model - but its not working.
I think the problem is that Vray "safe frame" is enabled and that Fredo Portrait is not compatible with vray safe frame being turned on ?
I tried turning off safeframe, and the result is much better - but the perspectives are not identical when you copy across. Is this a known problem ?

GeoffG

Hello,

I am attempting to acquire a perpetual license (3 seats) for this plugin, but can't seem to find where to input payment information to gain the license. Is there a link I'm overlooking?

I have the plugin extension installed along with LibFredo6 and the Extension Store plugin.

Please advise.

patelnk4

@fredo6 said:

@rv1974 said:

Do you have plans to add a flatten (skp) generation from selected parts?

That's my plan to produce FaceMe component, but not sure this is useful as I never saw a user request for that.

I'm lost but I think your plugin is super cool, how do I buy it?? i tried to get the $20 perpetual license but I cant find where I put my cc info to make the purchase?? is there a link that you have or am I missing something???

Anne O Grady

Hi there,

In this work instruction points 2 & 3 details how to purchase the license.
If you have any problems just drop me a line at support@sketchucation.com and I can help you further.

Thanks
Anne

SCFLicense Instructions (1).pdf