Great background, Thanks for sharing. The png is also useful for a background layer in photoshop.

Very cool style. I played around with some of my sketchup images and Photoshop 7. to try to create a similar effect. I'm very happy with the results. Thanks for the inspiration!

Thanks for all the comments. Since my original post I have been looking into render software that supports global illumination. The frustrating thing with using IDX was not getting bounced light into the darker areas of the room. As a result, I would put ivisible light sources in various locations to try to brighten up the dark areas. Consequently it adds additional shadows. I really like the simplicity of IDX and ease of use, but not supporting global illumination is its major drawback. I have played around with Kerkthea but have found that there is quite a learning curve to it's application. Any other suggestions on good render software that supports Global Illumination?

I didn't do any post processing. Only reduced the image size to upload it to the forum. I am running on an HP Pavilion with an AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2600 + 2.13 GH2, 1GB of Ram, An ATI Radeon 9550/X1050 Series Graphics Card. One thing I didn't do was to turn off lighting behind the camera that didn't contribute to the specific view.

Thanks for all you comments.

Here are some images of the interior of a home I have been designing modeled in Sketchup 7 and rendered with IDX Renditioner. This is my first attempt at rendering. All of the renders took a lot of adjustment by adding invisible light sources simply to be able to view the darker areas of the view. I wish there was better rendition of reflected light that would give more general illumination to the space. I also had a difficult time getting the glass bowls and vases to render with highlights. This is a work in progress and I am looking forward to rendering other areas of the interior and exterior. Some of these renders took as long as 72 hours to render.