Thanks Eric - should have guessed your winter wonderland would be a kitchen! I have to say, it's the cleanest Christmas kitchen I've ever seen!

Yeah, sure - the more the merrier!

To get ourselves in the festive spirit we're launching our first render challenge.

While away the holidays by creating your own Winter Wonderland in SketchUp, render it in Shaderlight and you could win some lovely free stuff! We've got some expert judges on board (including Mayor Mike!) so get creative!

For full details or to download Shaderlight go to http://artvps.com/content/contest

Good Luck!
Kate

I wanted to share with you this great video from Eric Schimelpfenig showcasing some of the work he's been doing with Shaderlight - pretty impressive for someone who didn't have time for rendering before he found Shaderlight!

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Kate

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Shaderlight webinar last week. For those of you who missed it, the videos are now online.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJfp2k4iXfE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNpqrKLG1sI

This is the first in a series of online tutorials we will be running over the coming months so if there are any particular areas of rendering with Shaderlight you'd like to know more about please do get in touch.

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Kate

Great feedback guys - thanks. I find it interesting how everyone likes something different. This short thread has generated a list of 30+ plugins!

As i'm relatively new to SketchUp i'm keen to find out which plugins you guys use to get the most out of SketchUp. There are no shortage to choose from but if you could only insall 3 what would they be and why?

my top 3 are:
Fur
Round corners
Shaderlight (of course!)

For those of you who missed it at basecamp and would like to see just what Shaderlight can do, we'll be presenting a web demo of the newly released render plug-in on Wednesday 20th October at 5pm BST.

It's free, so to register just go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/644551010

We look forward to seeing you there!

Kate

Why not try Shaderlight? There's a free 14 day trial of the Pro version but you can continue to use it with restricted lighting and resolution for as long as you like! If you're new to rendering, Shaderlight is ideal as it renders interactively. I won't bore you with a list of features here - just take a look at the video demo! http://artvps.com/content/shaderlight/sketchup/what-is-shaderlight

Thanks to everyone who's downloaded the beta version of Shaderlight - you'll be pleased to hear that the full version (featuring interior lights and GI!) is now available to download from http://www.shaderlight.com.

Download it now and let us know what you think!

Thanks!
Kate

@edson said:

the videos are quite impressive and left me with a watering mouth. fortunately there will be a mac version early next year.

Great, glad you like them. I'll get the development team to hurry up with that mac version!

@unknownuser said:

What are the features of the "Free version" of this future last release?

Hi Pilou

The free version will have all the interactive rendering features of the full release but will be limited in lighting and resolution options.

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Kate

@paulside said:

Kate,

Really looking forward to the full release, I've been using the demo for the past few weeks and I've been really impressed by the quality renders that can be produced quickly and best of all, 'interactively' from such an easy to use toolset, can't wait to try out the lights and bump maps in the full release, At last! we now have a full featured, quick, simple, and 'fun to use' renderer to match Sketchup itself!

Hi Paulside
This would make a great quote for our website - can I use it?

@unknownuser said:

My question is, after Oct 5, can one download a demo with the interior lighting that will allow one to test drive it before purchase?

You will be able to download the full release for 14 days so plenty of time for a test drive! After the trial you can continue to render using the basic version of Shaderlight for free.

Hi everyone

I've just posted the latest Shaderlight demo video on our website that previews just what you can expect to see in the full release - available to download from Oct 5th!

Martin's working hard on some more tutorial videos ready for the launch however if there are some specific topics you'd like us to cover, please do let us know.

I look forward to your feedback on the video!

http://artvps.com/content/shaderlight/sketchup/what-is-shaderlight

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Kate

@krisidious said:

I was actually trying to get the beta... can I get a download link? you can send it to pm if you like.

You can download the beta from our website - http://www.shaderlight.com. The beta version does not contain interior lighting - this will be available in the full version released on October 5th.

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Kate

@krisidious said:

still no registration e-mail... not in the spam either. could you kick someone in the server room for me?

There's no auto-email set up on that form - sorry! I've got your details though, thanks for registering.

Hi Mike - yes, we're a bit jet-lagged but doing fine! How was your trip back?

I'll get some pics up on here but in the mean time we've got some on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/shaderlight

Thanks to everyone who attended the demo of Shaderlight for SketchUp at last week's basecamp. It was a great event and both Martin and I really enjoyed meeting you all!
Don't forget, for your chance to win one of 5 free copies of Shaderlight as soon as it's released on October 5th, make sure you register your details at http://www.artvps.com/content/3dconf

Thanks
Kate

These are looking really nice - I really like the feel of the first one in particular. Don't forget, you can post your Shaderlight renders on our gallery too! http://www.shaderlight.com