RayScaper

pixelcruncher

@majid Thanks for sharing those material experiments. They look very realistic.

I'm making the Rayscaper material editor more intuitive and less nested so that users won't be daunted by all the material settings. @Rich-O-Brien gave me some great feedback on this. This update should land this week.

Cheers,
Thomas

majid

@ntxdave So, RS does not work on prior versions?
@pixelcruncher Good news and progress!

pixelcruncher

@majid

Right now, Rayscaper requires SketchUp 2021 or higher.

majid

This is rather an old model... Yet I liked the result.

pixelcruncher

@majid

Superb render, Majid! I like the result as well.

This scene is a classic in computer graphics. It's the atrium of the Sponza Palace, which exists in Dubrovnik, Croatia (wiki). If you are a Game of Thrones fan, Dubrovnik is also where they filmed all the scenes in King's Landing.

gerdfa

We get an error when we start sketchup 2024

SCFLicense is install

SketchUp: 24.0.483
OS: Ventura
Ruby: 3.2.2

Erweiterung: Rayscaper (0.9.10 Beta)
Fehler: LoadError (cannot load such file -- /users/XXX/library/application support/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/installed/Mac/3.2.2/0.9.10 Beta/resources/SUEX_Rayscaper_SetDllDirectory)
<internal:/Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in require' <internal:/Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in require'
/users/XXX/library/application support/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/main.rbe:94:in <module:Rayscaper>' /users/XXX/library/application support/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/main.rbe:5:in <main>'
/Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in eval' /Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
/Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' /Users/XXX/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in register_extension'
/Users/XXX/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in <module:Rayscaper>' /Users/XXX/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:6:in <top (required)>'

tuna1957

@majid Superb modeling and rendering.

pixelcruncher

@gerdfa

It looks like you are trying Rayscaper on a Mac. Rayscaper is not yet lauched for Mac, that release is a couple of weeks out, sorry!

Cheers,
Thomas

majid

@tuna1957 The model is not mine, I have adjusted the model, added some details, and adjusted the textures based on an image I had from the real place...
Thanks for the compliment.

tuna1957

@majid Still a great job whether the model was yours or not.

majid

@tuna1957 This is another shot. I reduced the environment power so that we can see it is blue, then added another blue color directional light to compensate for it. this is an experiment yet not final.

ntxdave

@majid Looks great Majid.

Bryan K

All quite nice!

tuna1957

@majid Wow really like this one. The heavier contrast between the light and shadow areas really adds a more dramatic feel to the image.

Mike Amos

@majid
Posting photographs mate, sneaky. I LIKE it.

majid

@Mike-Amos This is the fine potential of RayScaper...only 7 percent of total progress...

majid

Spared some time to try an old model using RS. May I ask. for "fake emit" to get it back please?

pixelcruncher

@majid Very nice renders, thanks for sharing.

And the missing fake emission option is a bug! Thanks for reporting, I will make sure it's back in the next release.

majid

Thanks Thomas.
I shared the model so that everyone could play with it. The brick texture is of low quality, so please replace it.
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/ef4e0de4-4028-4425-95f3-3ae49758665e/Interior-scene-adjusted-for-Rayscaper

pixelcruncher

@majid Thanks for sharing the model! Super useful for others wanting to try Rayscaper.