@andybot said:

I've just put together a tutorial to explain the process of using the vrimg format. Hope this helps!
http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=539

Andy

Good news!!
I went back to Sketch2013 and Vray 1.6 and it works as it should.
I have even located the Vrimg Converter which is very handy.... a plugin I would never have discovered if I did not have this problem.

Thanks alot.

@andybot said:

I've just put together a tutorial to explain the process of using the vrimg format. Hope this helps!
http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=539

Andy

Andy, thanks alot.... that was very clear and easy to understand.
It was interesting to see the Vrimg Converter. I have not got it in my Chaos location the same as your.... I have everything else but not the converter.

Also, your CUSTOM CHANNELS has nice and clean boxes.... my boxes are all jumbled up.... see enclosed pic. I also noticed that when I do render the channels are not in the FRAME BUFFER.... only the RGB and alpha. So there is obviously something wrong.

I think I will do a Win. System Recovery and go back to Sketchup 2013 and Vray 1.6
I have never used the channels before... in fact I only started using Vray 3 weeks ago...so I have no reference point... before that I used Lumion 3D which is good for animation but not that good at pics. Every now and again (as a designer) you discover some new software that 'clicks'.... and Vray is just great!!!

Have you a link to the Vray converter?

Thanks for your help.

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

Can you see the other channels in the frame buffer ?

Sorry, I mis-understood your question.... NO... I cannot see the channels in the FRAME BUFFER.
So they are not being rendered.... so it's a glitch or I am doing something wrong.

@andybot said:

In the VFB channels options - deselect the "alpha" channel, then your render should save with the background.

How do you render the separate VSB channels in Vray 2.0 for Sketchup?
I have tried everything. I have exported to EXR and Vrimg and used the ProEXR software to convert the Vring files... but all I get in Photoshop is the RGB and alpha channels... nothing else.

It seems straight forward in 3Ds Max...but not in Sketchup.
There is a CUSTOM Channel box below the standard channels. I tried adding the channels into this box (and re-naming them)... they do show up in Photoshop but only as totally black images. Again, only RGB and alpha are correct.

Can someone please help.

Should I add the channels into the CUSTOM CHANNEL? This just seems wrong. I when I try this approached all I get is black images in Photoshop.

When I hi-light any of the other blue channels I want and render (the way you do it in 3Ds Max) I only get RGB & alpha in Photoshop.

Yes, I see all the channels. Thanks

Hello,

I am trying to export the VFB channels in Vray 2.0 for Photoshop.

I have tried exporting to Vrimg and EXR... but when I do I cannot see the channels
in Photoshop and I have got the ProExr converting software for Vrimg as well.... I only get the RGB and alpha channels.... not all the other channels for compositing like you can do in 3Ds max.

There is alot of videos explaining things for 3Ds but nothing for Sketchup.

Can anyone help?

For me this is the best tool ever. Saved me alot of frustration and stress with all the Vray issues. A BIG Thankyou

I know it's not SU. I know it's because of what you mentioned. When your doing a big model with lots of faces it's easy to misplace planes cos I am working fast. Now that I know how to get round the problem it's not a concern. Thanks.

I found a way round it.... use the CleanUp Plugin Tool to erase hidden geometry. But the questions still begs.... why does this happen?

Sometimes the faces (planes) of walls have a broken glass effect (see pic).
When you erase them they still come back like a virus. I know it's when SU saves something and asks: 'There are faults with the model, do you want SU to fix them.' I dread this because I know it might end up with this horrible triangle effect that ruins my model.

Can anyone help?

@mcpcorey said:

I upgraded to SU 2013 yesterday, and at least for the moment, I am going to call it a Huge MISTAKE !. (sure wish I had visited this thread before upgrading) I Just completed my first model with SU 2013, (probably have 12 - 14 hours time invested in it) I exported a .dae colada file, as I normally did in SU 8, so I can render the model in Lumion 3, only to find out that a collada file exported from SU 2013 causes lumion to immediately crash! WTF Trimble? This is not just frustrating, it is infuriating, and entirely unacceptable, when you have a PAYING client waiting for finished renditions, in order to secure the sale of a $60,000.00 project. And of course, I cannot load the SU 2013 model back into SU 8, I will have to completely rebuild the model in SU 8, so I can render in Lumion, and HOPE & PRAY that in the interim, a competitor does not secure the project first... I Could lose my MAIN source of income over this. (Ok I am through venting now, well actually not, I have a list in my head of all the other Gripes I have about the functionality of SU 2013, compared to SU 8, but the above described problem is my current BIGGIE, and may have just lost me thousands of $$$$$$ of future work)
Has anyone else had problems with collada files exported from SU 2013, that won't open, and or crashes of other applications?...
Any known work arounds ?
Am I doing something wrong ?
I use windows 7 pro 64 bit
SU 2013 pro (just ungraded from SU 8 pro)
and I render in Lumion 3.1.1
Never had a problem doing this with SU 8, or with collada files exported from it.
I even tried opening the collada file in the old lumion free version, and also got an immediate crash! I have been using lumion since the first week of initial release, and this is the first problem I have ever had with it, I can only attribute this problem to SU 2013!

Corey

I had the same problem. Very infuriating. I discovered it was something I downloaded from SU Library. A kitchen sink. Very detailed models cause Lumion to crash. I erased the sink from the model and Lumion worked. When things are going right you feel you are master of the universe and pat yourself on the back for being so clever (well I do) but when something goes wrong with your software it's like life has suddenly no meaning.... you shout at your wife and kids and kick the dog. When you discover the problem and overcome it.... your back on top of the world.... and then try to explain your woes to your wife.... but, too late... your in the dog house.