hello again!
i actually think I've finished at last! all modelling and texturing has been done, and the first "final" render is complete.

So thank you once again, you guys really motivated me with your comments!

very good fun, did it without any plugins:

hi dave!
ive actually used Sketchup Fog in the past to export depth maps,kind of explained it in this thread:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=21987

but basically, switch of all edges, turn fog colour to black, and face colour to monochrome.

works best with objects that aren't too deep, here's an example:

@unknownuser said:

Nice Modeling indeed. The textures on the Moleskine are great as well.

Oh, and your watermark...

thanks! yeah, not too hard to find

@majid said:

this is really cool, but I guess will never try such modeling, as I am too lazy

haha thanks im pretty lazy too, but this was done instead of an exam I'm supposed to be studying, which is definitely more boring!

@olishea said:

eric why is your model above your toolbars? eh!

hey they are my sunglasses!! nice work, weird, but nice!! I understand your boredom modeling! sometimes boredom is really inspiring!

boredom is awful! that corner is what I see when I'm at my desk studying, so no real creativity, just what is stuck in my brain!

@karinagm said:

How did you map the textures in the notebook?
Is it just projected even for the edges?

I'm having troubles maping textures to a chair. I'd use blender (or something like it) but I have no idea how to map there either lol

nice detailed glasses

hi karina! i did the notebook a while ago, I think it's just projected normally. I've never experimented with any other way of projecting textures, never had the need for it. I've definitely seen a plugin for that on these forums though, "UV tools" or something similar.

if anyone wants to toy around, ive uploaded the ipod and sunglasses to the 3d warehouse

see if you can find how i watermarked the glasses

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=561c7a36563c488cd41b0ee5b32426d8
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=710f2da37e164dcb5f8e25a909275a57

@karinagm said:

Ahhh I like the notebook.
Is it completely detailed? looks very nice on the render

thanks karina! yes actually, each object was modelled before I had the idea of making this scene, so they were done for closeups, and thus very detailed. The notebook on its own is 33Mb! It's all bent and distorted from use, and the textures are scans of the original, quite large.

@artysmedia said:

I like the lighting (sharp) and modeling scenes. the book's scene is my favorite. What is not well managed is the movement. why not try with some blured air trails?
Goooood work!

hi artys! thanks for the comment, I do want to try and see how blurring it would look, but have no time at the moment. If anyone wants to give it a try, be my guest!

@juanv.soler said:

jopsa2

(sorry to the english sketchucationers ) gracias juan! la verdad que son cosas que no me habia planteado, pero lo del armario en la cuarta imagen si que tiene un motivo! por un lado, me gustaba la idea de encuadrar los objetos coincidiendo justo con la esquina de la habitacion, pero por otro lado, el radiador y el cuadro robaban mucho protagonismo a la imagen. asi que decidi descentrarlo para que se vieran menos. ademas en versiones anteriores a la final, los objetos arrojaban una sombra sobre el armario, que luego decidi quitar.

in english, what i just said is that, in the final composition, the wardrobe has a lot of presence to avoid giving importance to the radiator and frame, but also trying to keep the floating objects aligned with the corner of the room

thanks guys! lovely comments

@juanv.soler said:

hi jopsa2,

juan, I'm sorry I didn't understand your comments on the third and fourth images, but since it seems like we're both from madrid, please tell me in spanish!! cualquier comentario es bienvenido!

Mainly because I hate being bored, I modelled some objects I use daily, the corner of my room, threw them together and dropped them. Here are the results!

I was looking to make a still-life, so quite like that they look like they're floating rather than falling.

personally, I think Sketchup's limit is extremely high, it's only a question of letting it compute with more than one core.

in regards to file sizes, I have a 100Mb file that works perfectly, with 1M edges and 0.5M faces. It was the result of importing four 20Mb CAD files (topography curves), and letting the sandbox work on it overnight.
I wouldn't say it's touching Sketchup's limit, it orbits fine and behaves very well. I even exported some jpegs and video from it. No ceiling there!

(this video, btw)
YouTube - maqueta valle del aramaio
[flash=480,385:qlsgd4g6]http://www.youtube.com/v/X8arhdTT7-I&hl=en_US&fs=1[/flash:qlsgd4g6]

I definitely learned how to optimise with the Pantheon model, 8.7M edges, 4.7M faces, and the file size never went over 24Mb (until I started texturing). The size actually dropped as I went along and kept optimizing! About exporting, no problem doing video and 9000pix jpegs, other than time.
The file is still workable, orbiting is fine, even with materials switched on. The answer is definitely to make everything a component (86 component definitions, 5000 component instances), and to use layers if it slows down.

Not sure this is what you were asking, it's always fun to brag about whose is bigger

hello people!
really loved this grass, so i decided to make it easier to throw over a large surface, making it dynamic! simply scale it with the scale tool, density is editable as an option in the component's option dialog

dynamic grass.skp