Thank you lapx. In the scene, the lighting source is not visible, but you can see in the rendered image where the light spread is near the top of the walls is in the offsets. I added these for more lighting within the scene, but it was a part of the schematic layout. Artificially lit renderings always seem to need some exaggeration to properly light the scene.

I began working on this model early last week in hopes of pushing the project through for funding approval. Recently, I've not been able to take my models to full rendering- work load really just allows me to work out a quick concept, but I felt this one was worth the extra effort. Rendered MLT in Kerkythea- still working out some kinks, but getting closer to a finished product.

definitely a work in progress .. a lot more to do as time permits. I will get there Sketchup to Kerkythea rendered BPMLT for about 6 hours on IMAC 2.8GHZ

Here is the render before photoshop. Earthmover, I did render this MLT for about 72 hours. I really wish I had a faster machine... like a Mac Pro dual quad core

Thanks for all the comments ! I know curtains can sometime be the downfall of a good render. I work on MAC OS X and don't think Twilight is available for it yet. Looking forward to that though, integration is so much easier than exporting etc.

I used these drapes in my kitchen render :

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=21516

door_drapes.skp

Here are the drapes.

door_drapes.skp

Thanks K.

No I did not model the curtains, I downloaded them some time ago from archibase.net but, I did have to edit them to make them work for rendering. I'll post the model if the size is not too large.

Hi everyone. I haven't posted anything in the forum in quite sometime- thinking about it, this is my first render in months. I took a kitchen from the sketchup warehouse- I did have to edit it and work it into my own model. Minor post pro editing.

Thanks Kim for your compliment and lol at Bytor- I think subconsciously that is what I was going for haha.. This actually was a fun render for me. I'm glad you all like it.