Rayscaper New Releases

pixelcruncher

@krass - Here's the animation guide: https://rayscaper.com/guides/animation/ - Please let me know if everything is clear, or if there are any issues with the feature, because it's brand new

Krass

Yes, I've already figured out how to render an animation! I'm testing it now.

Krass

Too bad, my first animation attempt crashes after three frames... yet the functions, animation settings, and interface are very well done.
As soon as I minimize the window to show the desktop, it crashes.

Krass

By dragging the Rayscaper window to the bottom of the screen, it seems to be holding... I'll let you know in about an hour and a half.

pixelcruncher

@Krass Sorry about that, it's a brand new feature (implemented two weeks ago), so rough around the edges. It would be great if you could also send the logs for this crash?

Pro tip, first render out a small resolution, low samples per pixel animation. They you get an immediate feel for it without having to wait too long

Krass

yes I'm now rendering with default SPP, anyway this new feature is such I giant step, i'm so exited...

pixelcruncher

@Krass Thanks for the kind words! Great to hear that you like it!

Krass

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Krass

My first animation with Rayscaper!

Comparatif rayscaper/magnific upscale – jskup

https://jskup.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/animationsuite_0000_1.mp4 Avant Après

jskup (jskup.fr)

pixelcruncher

@Krass Nice, thanks for sharing! Super cool to see this result.

pixelcruncher

Hey, Rayscaper users!

Rayscaper 0.9.83 Beta is available. You can get it via:

The SketchUcation store.
Direct download: Rayscaper_0.9.83_Beta.rbz.

I recommend upgrading to the latest version.

What Changed?

Add Nishita sky sun tracking from SketchUp shadows. The procedural sky will now automatically follow the sun position set in SketchUp's shadow settings, making it easier to match lighting conditions across your workflow. You can enable this via the menu Extensions > Rayscaper > Sync Nishita with Sun. See Syncing with SketchUp Sun for more details.
Improve environment power controls with logarithmic sliders. Environment intensity is now easier to adjust precisely across a wide range of values.
Fix crash when changing render resolution. Rayscaper will no longer crash when you adjust the resolution settings.
Fix alpha textures to use linear color space. Alpha channels in textures now render with correct transparency values.

Help Me Build the Community

If you like Rayscaper, please share your renders (final or work-in-progress, it doesn't matter)! This is motivating
and helps me showcase its capabilities to new users.

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Happy Rendering!
Thomas

ntxdave

What tool can you use to create an animation that works with Rayscaper?

ntxdave

Any plans to ,ake Rayscaper work withAnamator?

Krass

@ntxdave i think it only works with scene transitions. Wait for pixel cruncher answer about Animator.

Alattab

How can I make a water material ?

pixelcruncher

@ntxdave Like @krass mentioned, it only works for SketchUp scene animations. Fredo animator is not supported yet. Here is a guide on how to animate regular SketchUp scenes: https://rayscaper.com/guides/animation/

Krass

@Alattab forwater may be try a transparent or glass material and try several wave normal maps in the normal slot, play with material scale

Krass

here a test with PBR mode/color/no roughness/ and this normal map

Krass

@pixelcruncher Hello ! This is great,
You managed to fix the resolution change issue, and you did it very quickly, thank you! I'm now going to test my new animation in HD. I really like the subtle little changes you made to the interface; it's very well thought out: the fact that you only have to click once on the value field is perfect.

And I really like the interface in general. The scenes load very quickly...

However, it's true that being able to export the project as a workable zip file on another machine without having to remap missing textures would be ideal.

Let me give you a specific example: I don't like modeling and preparing the Rayscaper render on my laptop. But it will be much faster for rendering animations, so I need to export the project from the PC to the laptop.