yeah, like this topic: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=65055#p65055

wow! i like it a lot! i suggest that you change the color of the sky, maybe with photoshop so you don't have to render once more.

how should i convert a jpg into pgm?
e.g. with irfanview, i have to select "save as"?

if you don't have it, just download it again from http://www.google.com/sketchup/download/

@unknownuser said:

Hi Malaise,

I have rendered your robot. It is a VERY quick an dirty test.
Will need more time to fix few things in gui

p.s. I couldn't attach avi directly

how did you do this?

@majid said:

kt and podium have the same ENGINE !!! but obviosly kt has more control and is eaasy to learn ( whit a friendly and helpful forum ). so i suggest KT , it has lots of render presets and u can also change the presets .... lots of control over the material settings ....
also KT has unbiased and biased render settings..

cool material! would you share some more details?

@frederik said:

I can only repeat what others already have said... Very nice indeed, but what about the render time..??

@pav_3j said:

so what render engines support this displacement mapping then? i want to tinker!

KT2008 doesn't...
But we're working on it...
[attachment=1:e0bstany]<!-- ia1 -->displacedmesh_128.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:e0bstany]
[attachment=0:e0bstany]<!-- ia0 -->KT-cube_displaced.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:e0bstany]

@maverick83 said:

What is displacement?

Check this out...

i want displacement in KT so much!!! i could also pay for it!
kim, you don't want me to use indigo instead of KT, don't you?
what are you waiting for?

cool!

@princedragoncok said:

Thanks remus, yeh the texture mapping messed up on the handle cause it's projected. I wanted to do a 360 of the teapot but it just wasn't possible. I still feel the image could have been displaced better, it still resembles a normal texture too much (but thats my fault for choosing the wrong texture). Still can't embed the video unfortunately..
[flash=widthxheight]http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=xQWBCS3XtBE[/flash]

you have to substitute "widthxheight" with something like "425,355". also you have to turn this "watch?v=" in "v/".

what happened to rob? why this topic stopped?

i agree with remus, i never use the outliner, though it sounds like an useful tool.

really nice renders!
only crit about the last three: there's a strange blue color on the cutlery and the glasses doesn't look very realistic: in a real glass you can see through it.

well, to solve the problem you have to open the sketchup installer file and choose "repair".

@maverick83 said:

Thanks Julius
Is Kerkythea more complex than Podium?

btw 500x500...

Bye bye - Ciao

i think so, but i'm not sure since i've used podium only a few times. podium is a plugin for SU, while Kerkythea is a separate application.

@maverick83 said:

Hi Dylan
Thanks
You're gonna see a lot of photovoltaic power plants from now on in here
What rendering program would you suggest me to start with? Maybe Podium?

Bye bye - Ciao

i use kerkythea. but i think to start rendering also podium and indigo are good.

the thing i like about kerkythea is that is really powerful and it's free. podium is good, but i think the highest resolution for the free version is 500x500.

@maverick83 said:

Hi Julius
Yes, it will be built (at least i strongly hope our client will accept our project) in Italy.
I'm glad you like it.
Ah yes, another thing: if you wanna a photovoltaic power plant please contact me

Bye bye - Ciao

yeah, i want one on my balcony
seriously i think there should be more photovoltaic powerplants here in italy.

i really like the render!
do you mind to tell something about the lights you used? did you use the sun?

@maverick83 said:

Hi Julius
Nice work
Are you from Turin?

Bye bye - Ciao

no, but i've been there many times.

you're really sharp-eyed! thanks!

@remus said:

Theyre pretty choosy those 3d warehouse people.

i was about to say that

Hi guys,
I NEED YOU!
my model was not accepted for the '3D Buildings' layer.
here you can find the reveiw.
it seems that my model was not accepted for a Z-fighting issue. so i checked out my model but i couldn't find it. could you help me in finding it?
see the model at the 3d warehouse

Thanks a lot in advance!!!

@remus said:

Nice tut

I hope you dont mind if i offer one tiny weeny little improvement you could do to speed up modelling the tyre...if you find the centre of the tyre before you delete all the segments, you could then do a rotational array about the centre to avoid having to do all the rotate and copy stuff.

remus is right: to find the centre try the "set centre point" plugin.
really good tut by the way.