doesnt work for me....small file 14 mb, stilll dragging.

Of course I did not mean that you said "cheap" that way (you did not say cheap at all, I know). In fact, Kerkythea is a great application and beats many commercial renderers, too. If you use png transparency, it can also render that so you do not need to create a separate clipping mask. What image format is that logo in?

Use a PNG format with a transparent background - it will work... You must ensure that it has a proper transparent background before importing it [==checker-pattern]

About mask rendering http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4311

Ah that'a naff, that seems like such as a standard feature. Tridem, that's a nice rotation, a few jumps up and down but pretty smooth overall, it seems like quite a tricky method though, i'm new to all this you see. What i had planned to do was create a scene in SketchUp as the standard viewpoint, export to Kerkythea and render, then go back to SketchUp and rotate the model, export to Kerkythea and render, etc. I'll let you know how i get on.

Just for completeness, you could look at the free LightUp Web Player plugin. Its supports Internet Explorer, Safari and FireFox and allows full navigation inside the browser as well as auto playing any Scenes you have set up in SketchUp. http://www.light-up.co.uk/index.php?t=story&p=71 Adam

Ok, so...i had not checked the box for Utilities Tools under Preferences>Extensions? How embarrassing, problem solved though. Thanks very much!