@thomthom said: You must run the installer and specify SketchUp 8 when it asks for the path to SketchUp. Thats what I though, but nothing came up, i'll re-install.

If you go to the NVida (sp) web site, it has a Photoshop plugin tool that does all this for you...For free

hello, I think I had the same problem we must paint the 2 sides of element is reflected in the mirror. Hoping to help you

@thomthom said: @chips_007 said: First question is, is it best to use rectangular lights as the ceiling lights? A rather generic question that I can't answer. It really depend on the model and scene. That is the case with most things in rendering. @chips_007 said: Second - if yes to above, why is it when I render I keep getting a faint black apprearance to all surfaces (when I've used rectangular for ceiling) and not a nice clean, lit up looking room.... To answer any of these questions properly it'd help if you posted some exampled of what you got. There are so many things that affect each other when it comes to rendering so the more info you got the better. Also - some basic info on your settings would help as well, are you using Irradiance Map + LightCache? Or some other combo? Physical camera or not? Ok, you are going to have to bare with me as im getting used to the terminology of it all. Right, Physical camera - No. Irr Map + L.Cache, not 100% sure what it is exactly, Irr map has standard settings, L.Cache I dont know. Should I use a physical camera? better renders with this? I have attached the image, it needs work but the point im trying to get across is shown so ignore the not so perfect look of it all, I just need to work out what settings do what, best combos etc etc, then I should be on my way....hopefully. [image: fupH_Test1.jpg]

@vidy said: hi there chips, im using the same version as you used, and yes i've been thru that issue before, but there is a way just like thom already told you to keep the setting saved. check here to make you more sure about it: http://forum.asgvis.com/index.php?topic=4997.0 PS: im still stick with this version, coz, i think this version is still the simplest and stabil of the VFSU, just leak of IES feature, that is very significant.. goodluck Thanks Vidy. I had to download the new version last night just to see if I could actually do anything to my work. Installed it this morning and so far so good, and all my materials were still all there with the settings. V 1.05 really screwed up over the past few days, dam bugs. What makes this even more harder for me is that im currently trying to learn the software so when things like this happen, it really slows learning down but its all good now so onwards! Thanks guys!