Thanks guys really appreciate the comments.

Hi Numberosis, I think I know the issue. I found I offset the image by 1mm does work, of course, but the graffiti image did not show up in SU therefore I assumed it would not show up in the render if it did not show up in SU. I have attached images showing firstly the view in SU and the result of that same view in the render.

Hi all, I have about 2 hours total with photoshop experience. I therefore decided to try an experiment using just sketchup and a render engine only to produce an "atmospheric"image, I am sure it could be much improved by post processing but was happy with the results of the experiment. No Skatter or other plugin apart from a render engine was used. Please feel free to comment.

I did some more experiments and it is not the renderer it is sketchup. When I placed the trans PNG on the surface I had all sorts of weird results including randomly the transparent part of the image would cause the texture it was placed upon to turn transparent within the PNG's border. So the "grey" was a transparent portal into the inside of the column. I took some time to offset the placement of the PNG by a few mm, as suggested by Numberobis. And with some playing about had the results I wanted. However if the image is to far away from the surface=Drop shadows, too close= the results are if it was co_planar even though it is not.

Hi Ineshtine, the PNG,s are transparent as evidenced in the first image of the SU screenshot.

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Thanks JQL but I am using raylectron. I think I will try raylectron support.

Left that bit out of my text Cotty. I did right click and chose spherical.............ok i did it again and it works now.......wierd.

Thank you.

Hi all, I just decided to learn/use UV mapping. I downloaded Sketchuv, and followed the instruction (I think)
Downloaded SketchUV, created a sphere, selected the sphere, went to front view, applied a texture, hit the SketchUV icon...................nothing. Have attached an image. Could somebody please let me know what I have done wrong.

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Hi Guys, thanks for getting back I have attached images showing what I am trying to do. Have also attaches screenshots of the Su image and resultant raw render.Will try suggestions as soon as I can. Any further suggestions welcomed.

Thanks again guys.

Hi all, I have an image that am trying to put on a surface. It is graffiti I want to put on a concrete surface. I chose a transparent PNG so I could retain the concrete on the surface I intended . When I render most of the graffiti disappears and assume that is a co-planar issue. So I then decided to project a jpeg. but had the image frame obliterating/masking the concrete background I wished to retain. Could somebody please point me in the right direction to get the graffiti on the concrete texture?

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I like Sony movies

Simple is good Dave:)

Hi I accidently liked my own post, is there some way to correct?

Hi Rich thanks for getting back. To me "urgent" is like posting on youtube "new episode" it will be accurate for perhaps a week only then it will become misleading forever. I was thinking a skicky thread called "urgent deadline" or something like that. I know that it perhaps open to abuse by people who are simply impatent. Maybe somebody else can come up with a solution. Or hopefully it could rely on trust and individual integritty only.

Again just a thought bubble

Oh, make sure if you do try the background image in SU, make sure the sky image does not have a Sun in it and the camera position is behind you. That will also add more definition to your model.

Then do it another way. Build a vertical plane where the background would be in sketchup. Put the image on that plane. Then render that, have done it many times with good results.

I have had issue in the past where I was working to a deadline and needed urgent assistance. Have just tried to assist somebody in the same position. I am sure many people here would understand how stressfull this situation is waiting for assistance especially in some timzones. Whilst the crowd here on Sketchucation are very responsive and helfull, l am wondering if practical, is there a way to flag your request for assistance as urgent?
Sure this could be abused and some self regulation would be encouraged.

Just a thought bubble.

Dont know if this helps but i had the same problem once. IT DROVE ME CRAZY. After some time I found that it was a stray section plane that the render engine did not like. Worth a try.
Could you upload the model?

A work around would be a static background. That would work for sure, but you would need to modify your Sun direction.

Your a champ Pixero, thank you.

Hi all, I have been downloading a few plugins (from sketchucation) but of late am having difficulty. The extension manager says they are "unsigned" and do not load. However if you look at my screenshot you will see Shapebender is unsigned but actually loaded and works! Bezier does not give me the option to uninstall but after repeated attempts to load it again will not load. I get "there is one extension that needs to be updated open extension manager to update. The only one that shows up that needs to be updated according to the extension manager is Artisan which works fine. I am getting confused, can anyone assist?

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