Thank you TIG!

Yes, nice photoshop project. Not sure about the modifications without seeing the context.

Good job.

Thomas, thank you for all your updates and for sharing.

Thanks everyone. I have the problem solved.

@valerostudio said:

This sounds like it is related to the component itself if the shadows do not render in any of these programs. Could you attached the file so we can look at it?

I noticed that even a simple box, drawn in SU, does not render with shadows, so perhaps something with SU has changed.

It's not just in Vray, but also in SU Podium where the shadows are not rendered.

Majid,

Thank you for your reply. However, I don't understand what file you're implying I find and what setting I should try?

Again, I appreciate your help.

Ben

I just installed a demo of Vray for Sketchup. Since then I have 2 issues that may be because of the Vray install,

1. The tabs on my IE browser are all turned blue
2. I can't seem to get the 2.5d trees to cast shadows when rendered, whether I use Vray, SU Podium or Maxwell. By the way, I'm new to Vray and Maxwell, so there may be settings I'm unfamiliar with.

Any thoughts?

Thank you!

Thank you.

TIG, thank you very much.

Pete, thank you. That did it.

Tom,

Really appreciate the trees, they're beautiful. Ok, now a lesson for me, why don't they render? I apologize if I should know this, but I don't use render software much. I used Podium on them and just the trunks render. Can you give me a quick response?

Thanks.

Fredo, thank you again.

Thank you.

Jim,

Thanks again for the updates.

Peter and Roger,

Thanks for your help.

What I've done, and why I'm asking, is taken a photo first (so I know I reach the location again), then modeled what I want to insert. But I also modeled the context of the existing information (buildings included)that I shot with the camera. Now I go back into SU, place my camera location roughly where I took the photo from and insert this modeled object into the photo. So the distances Roger spoke of, theoretically should match in both. But somehow the perspective lines aren't that close. I don't usually have a problem with getting the scale of the objects to match, just the perspective lines. I've done this on more than one project and for all practical purposes, get close enough that it's hard to tell any error, I've just been trying to figure out how to get even more precise than trial and error.

Again, thanks for your help. I'll watch the videos at some point too.

Ben

Very, very nice. I especially like the approaches to the waterfall, but would have been nicer to slow the speed down to capture it all. Thanks for sharing.

Matthieu, thank you so much.

Gaieus and Roger,

Didn't mean to hijack Nick's post, but I'm not sure I follow, or perhaps I didn't explain myself well enough.

My question is, I've taken a photo and want to insert, you name it, a new building, etc., that I've modeled in SU, into that photo and make the perspective look right. Other than, getting the camera location to be the same in my model as it is in the photo, what else matters, the cameral lens I take? The focal length setting on the camera? I understand Gaieus' comment to mean it does matter what type lens I shoot with, or perhaps a setting on the digital camera. Perhaps I just don't understand focal length and lens types, that's making me no understand.

I appreciate each of your willingness to help. Sorry if I'm slow to comprehend.