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    • AdamBA Offline
      AdamB
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      @mariocha said:

      I did some tests.
      To get rid of the psychedelic effect, I had to either explode groups, or make sure there are no groups in groups or modify the group, like add a line in the group.
      Adding a line at universal level did not correct the problem with the group.
      Also, (to contribute);
      There is light behind the feet where there shoud not. The dog looks above the platform.

      This is called "bleeding". Its because the platform continues under the feet of the dog so the interpolation incorrectly continues underneath too. You can fix it by changing the model to not go under the feet, also you can reduce it by increasing the Resolution of the lighting. I may add some code to LightUp to try and reduce the artefacts when it detects this.

      @mariocha said:

      Some faces of the "dog" are somewhat transparent; see the corner of the platform that should be hidden, for instance.
      And edges appear somewhat chunkier then model really is. (maybe because of the unwanted transparancy)

      The test model has 2 groups, the dog and the platform
      The transparent effect is gone if I explode the group.

      Yes, the demo has a few bugs related to groups/components. Probably simplest to avoid using them for now by exploding the model.

      Adam

      Developer of LightUp Click for website

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      • mariochaM Offline
        mariocha
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        @unknownuser said:

        ... that is a LightUp component called an Irradiance Cache. It is discussed in the getting started document.
        Adam

        In my humble opinion, the Getting started document would be much more easier to view as a seperate PDF file.
        It would much less intefere with the flow of work.

        %(#008000)[Mario C.
        Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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        • AdamBA Offline
          AdamB
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          @edson said:

          what happened to the lightup forum? even logged in i cannot seem to find it?

          Edson, the LightUp website has a forum at http://www.light-up.co.uk/forum. Until we get the full version of LightUp out, I've not been able to devote as much time as I would like to it. But please feel free to post questions etc.

          [And I haven't forgotten your request for a video showing exterior rendering in LightUp! 😄]

          Adam

          Developer of LightUp Click for website

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          • AdamBA Offline
            AdamB
            last edited by

            @mariocha said:

            @unknownuser said:

            ... that is a LightUp component called an Irradiance Cache. It is discussed in the getting started document.
            Adam

            In my humble opinion, the Getting started document would be much more easier to view as a seperate PDF file.
            It would much less intefere with the flow of work.

            Interesting and noted. Thankyou.

            BTW If you want the pdf it lives on Windows at:

            /Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Tools/lightup/GettingStarted.pdf

            and on Mac OSX at:

            /Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 6/Sketchup/tools/lightup/GettingStarted.pdf

            Developer of LightUp Click for website

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            • mariochaM Offline
              mariocha
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              @adamb said:

              /Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 6/Sketchup/tools/lightup/GettingStarted.pdf

              GREAT ! !

              %(#008000)[Mario C.
              Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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              • mariochaM Offline
                mariocha
                last edited by

                I have posted a video on youtube. LightUp-Bar
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2m_6hjWUsY
                A test. It raised many questions.
                One not resolved is why the sofa won't render properly. That checkered effect is wrong, the dark areas should not be.

                %(#008000)[Mario C.
                Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                  swinburne
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                  Hi Adam,

                  I have loaded the program into pc, all going ok until I click on the tour tool - everything closes down? I'm on SU Pro. Is there anyway I can use this software?

                  Thanks

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                    ilay7k
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                    after playing with 3dvia shape(Thanks to Chris and Daniel for link and new gui of 7skipy 😉))
                    can you add support of dds-shader(Or something like symbiont from darksim) to lightUp for realistic materials? ...it's not so necessary but...i know that Pixero has some examples, i have

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                      l.frisken
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                      Will there ever be a freeware or at least cheaper version of this software that can encourage younger users like me to buy it rather than revert to the more complicated and time consuming rendering software?

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                        remus
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                        I.frisken, i think your best bet would be to send adam a PM and see what he says. He always struck me as quite a reasonable chap so he might be able to make you an offer.

                        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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