@tig said:

Looks like you are trying to run it from within a zip file ?
The 'Extract all Files' in the top bar is a give-away - it wouldn't say that in a normal folder ?? ...

Running the .exe won't find the .dll file[s] unless you have put them all into the same folder !!
So... extract all of the zipped files/subfolders into a single folder.
Then try running the .exe and hopefully the 'missing' .dll file will then be found ?

I did extract them, but I tried again and not only does that "extract all files" not go away, I get the following prompt (1st image). Clicking "try again" is useless, and clicking skip gives the image in the second attachment.

Is the extractor not doing the job correctly, possibly? Or am I?

I downloaded SmillaEnlarger directly from the site linked above, and when trying to run it, I get the prompt from my computer I posted below.

Anyone else have this problem? Something I'm doing wrong? Thoughts? Thanks in advance...

Thanks. I thought these were both 3D models, since each page allows for a "3D View", but I guess not!

I've been considering adding some trees/bushes/etc. to my model. I looked through the Sketchup 3d warehouse, and tried out these two first:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=a7453c9f97ab10a19b74ce8919fd5af4&prevstart=0

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=bcf2e5bca661675f28a1548e344f0e2e&prevstart=0

When rendering in Maxwell, the both the tree and bush are rendering 2d/flat instead of 3d.

Should I be looking for a particular type of model that appears 3d in Maxwell? Is there something I can do to make the above ones (or others) appear 3d, even though they're showing 2d presently?

Thank you...

Thanks Jason! You've been a big help...

Thanks for your help, Jason. Are there any of these videos in particular that I should take a look at that best relate to this issue?

@richard said:

Mate you will get all sorts of issues turning on displacement unless you divide the surface up a lot! Plus additional render times.

I see that!

I tried displacement with around a 27mm setting, and it really didn't help me. I then tried 56mm, and I can't even get it to render. The manual states there are two different displacement modes (one with a note that it is harder to render than the other), but my computer isn't giving me a choice of displacement modes for whatever reason. Maybe that's all the free version has...

I'm going to try an in-between displacement size and see if that will render...

Great, thanks! Jason's videos are excellent, and really helped me in getting this far. I've already watched the first seven, but will look at #3 again...

Thanks. I'm trying adjusting the bump strength. It didn't seem to help with using automatic/default, and I'm waiting on a render with the SSS settings noted above and will see how that goes.

I don't see any controls that say displacement. Is displacement the min/max settings? I haven't altered those at all from default...

Thanks.

Stupid question - I haven't done anything with bump so far (and might be what I need to get this to look OK). When I click on the "bump" button, it shows a setting as a default with -100 saturation, leaving the image black and white. What am I supposed to do with bump? If this is in the manual pdf, let me know - I don't want you to type something unnecessarily...