@nlipovac disastrous.. they totally forgot its a modeling software - zero improvements, just keep on adding collaborative\AI crap no one needs

Skin is a dusty plastic - lacks subscattering. Vray GPU 7 years ago for comparison:
https://www.chaos.com/blog/the-secrets-of-ian-spriggs-3dportraits

A Hyper-Realistic Female Portrait Made in Maya & V-Ray

The artist has even made the character's veins, muscles, and bones underneath the skin.

(80.lv)

Saw some tutorial on YT - I was unpleasantly surprised how many shots is needed for the job done. It'd need some AI involving

@panixia there are some awesome Vietnaniese plugins to copy\paste from\to SU\Max.
you could just paste to max and apply Retopo modifier (fully parametric, as we love it). Then continue in max or paste it back to SU

@Rich-O-Brien in scaling it'd be nice to add ability for expressions like +30cm or -30%

No big deal: Soft shadow hdri in vray plus SU BW linework ( or vray toon) layered in PS.

@L-i-am awful everything

@panixia

yeah they significantly improved Retopo Mod:
https://youtu.be/qtj3rvL2pUI?si=fgKIm9kbfUwoqCY_&t=1
also Conform is insanely good:
https://youtu.be/gQXM76Xy0qY?si=T-FUu8PxPFfmgU53

@DickWolf in SU - Vray Enmesh

@gus r said:

Making things more difficult is that I can't find any other instructions on this technique anywhere on the internet. I'm sure Blender could do this in seconds. Just a matter of learning Blender.

Learning chamfering in proper program would take a fraction of time you spent messing in vain in SU and discussing it here.

How is Fordow?

@alexpacio2013 simply rescale it with tape measure

use tt edge tools to clean the linework

@fredo6 Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't preserve any change in Sketchup's UI when LOTT is installed.
Example: I install some plugins, then CLOSE their toolbars, restart SU but closed toolbars are still shown. The only workaround is to make the needed changes with toolbars while !!Fredo6_LordOfTheToolbars.rb file is being deleted\renamed in the Plugins folder. This way toolbar visibility is preserved (except pesky LOTT toolbar - it always gets back) But it's kinda barbaric and its not supposed to work this way.
Any hints\comments?
P.S. Another glitch - SU starts on the wrong display and its impossible to make it start on the proper one. The "cure" is the same - delete LOTT, restart SU on the right display, reinstall LOTT.
Update: If I close the LOTT toolbar, immediately afterwards I replace all plugin files in the Plugins folder, then close and restart SU, - only this way I'm able to get rid of this toolbar (and I suppose, all the rest)

@panixia

It shouldn't be used that often TBH, you are supposed to use components from scratch whenever it's needed.
The tool is intended to fix errors due to lack of attention.
You should always pay attention to what you're doing, to begin with.

I avoid using "Make Component" - I hate modal dialogs. I have silent Make Group+Group to Component assigned to mouse button instead. Thanks for the video, though I use TT's plugin for 15 years - the video indeed might be useful for others.
BTW you don't need to select all instances before converting them to instanced component. only one is enough

@panixia

yeah they significantly improved Retopo Mod:
https://youtu.be/qtj3rvL2pUI?si=fgKIm9kbfUwoqCY_&t=1
also Conform is insanely good:
https://youtu.be/gQXM76Xy0qY?si=T-FUu8PxPFfmgU53

@panixia there are some awesome Vietnaniese plugins to copy\paste from\to SU\Max.
you could just paste to max and apply Retopo modifier (fully parametric, as we love it). Then continue in max or paste it back to SU

@kimga Are you going to to have trees with this amount of edges per leaf ) ?

@panixia curic true isolate + cleanup's delete hidden + undo do the trick

@TIG How TT's Cleanup manages to be silent?