Some new Styles recently published

Four new Styles published in our 2011 Styles section. Thanks too Chris 71 and Eramirez...two samples below...

SketchUp and Vray Resources: Tutorials Section

NOMERADONA'S TUTORIALS from his new website! There is much more to see too!

 SketchUp and Vray Resources: Tutorials Section: "This will be the main index for all on-site and off-site tutorials related to Vray SketchUp and Sketchup.

Its our 2nd Anniversary!

Its our second anniversary! (20th May)….we can’t believe it!…Mateo and I would like to thank you all for continuing to follow us and share with us, your knowledge and valued contributions. Click image to read more..

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Exporting Masks from SketchUp Models for Use in Photoshop by Lewis Wadsworth

Lewis Wadsworth explains in simple terms what masks are. So, now that you've got your head around what masking is, as far as a digital image is concerned, you are probably wondering what this has to do with SketchUp. Read Lewis's latest tutorial and find out more! Tutorial includes download files you can use.

Collection of New Pen and Ink SketchUp Styles from Dave

Eight new SketchUp Styles from our friend Dave Richards. They are a collection of pen, pencil and ink Styles, with a splatter one thrown in for good measure! Thanks Dave!

FotoSketcher 2.10 is officially released....

For all you fans of this great free software here are some if the new features in this latest release:

• New painting 8 (expressive brush strokes) algorithm, with custom brush support
• Automatic saving of current image directory and custom brushes directory
• 4 new languages (14 languages included now: Afrikaans, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish)
• Batch processing now supports also bmp and png formats (as well as jpg)
• Various user interface improvements and bug fixes
• Optional FotoSketcher browser toolbar (for Internet Explorer or Firefox), with direct access to the FotoSketcher application, homepage or Flickr group
• Support for drag and drop of images from the web directly to FotoSketcher (drop an image to the left panel to open it as a new source image)

A fun and very effective piece of software that continues to develop and a very useful filtering tool to enhance your images..thanks David! You can see David's Spotlight article he did for us awhile back at SketchUpArtists.

Part 2 of Lighting with V-Ray for SketchUp – the definitive guide

Part 2 of the definitive guide to lighting with V-Ray for SketchUp by Nomer Adona has finally been published. Nomer continues his popular mini series of lighting tutorials to help you get to grips with this often complex process, with some easy solutions. In this latest guide Nomer checks out Emissve materials to help light your SketchUp scenes.

Maxwell Render special offers for month of May only...

If your still using Maxwell Render v1.7 and want to purchase a new license or additional licenses or want free Rendernodes now is the time to purchase and increase your Maxwell Render license portfolio.
Every Monday, during the month of May, Maxwell will introduce a new promotion that will last for one week.
If your into Maxwell Render , maybe this offer is worth looking at, but it ends the end of May...there seems to be some big discounts too..