Friday, 26 November 2010

Interior Scene with Twilight Render by Frederic Moro

Nice short tutorial to get you into Twilight Render! French interior designer Frederic Moro has been using Google SketchUp for a number of years now and enjoys using Twilight Render for his renders. In this brief tutorial Frederic will take you through his process of creating this great interior scene.

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Episode 1: Lumion Nature

Everything was apparently created with Lumion and some 3D warehouse models. SketchUp to Lumion can't be too difficult hopefully, looking good so far!

Thursday, 18 November 2010

Most popular plugins list 2010 (updated)

Here is a list of the most popular plugins and top 82...by Alex Schreyer

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

SketchUp Art: in the online game industry..

New Spotlight interview with Ken Nguyen on his work and use of SketchUp art in the game industry. Though from an architectural background, Ken has excelled in this field of concept art.

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

3D Process/Post Process: tricks revealed! by Ramy Hanna

3D Artist Ramy Hanna shows you his post process technique using a SketchUp model, the latest version of 3DS Max 2011 and Photoshop.

Thursday, 4 November 2010

Check out these SketchUp plug-ins for automating architectural modeling...

Automate and simplify your architectural modeling with these clever plug-ins by Vali Architects.
  • Instant Road
  • Instant Roof
  • Instant Site Grader
Free or Pro available...awesome SketchUp extendability!

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

New collection of SketchUp Styles by our friend Dave Richards

Several new SketchUp Styles by Dave. Various linetypes and watercolor effects with a couple of nice quirky ones to experiment with. A couple of sample images...Enjoy!

Monday, 1 November 2010

New Tutorial - Basic IES Light Tutorial using V-Ray for SketchUp

Our friend Nomeradona has turned out another little gem of a tutorial for us. Basic IES Light Tutorial using V-Ray for SketchUp. In this tutorial Nomer keeps it simple and gets you into the whole concept of using IES lighting quickly and effectively with this latest release of the SketchUp plug-in.