Thursday, May 19, 2011

Stained glass in a hazy room

This is the new Volumetric Fog feature with an interior lit with Stained Glass

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

New Blog for our compendium

We added a new Blog to our page for All SketchUp Blogs.

SketchUp for Landscapes







If you have a blog you want add, drop a note to support@renderplus.com

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Adding Rendered Images to a 3D PDF file

We had a lot of positive responses to this rendered image/3D Model in the same PDF file from IRender nXt users. (See: New 3D PDF interface for IRender nXt)

So we have added the same feature to RPS 3D PDF. The new version of RPS 3D PDF adds a rendering from the SketchUp Window to the PDF file to flip/flop with the 3D model. Using the new interface, you can easily replace the SketchUp rendering with any other image - including renderings from other rendering packages - achieve the same image/3D effect using any rendering package.

See: RPS 3D PDF Wizard - Image Tab

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Sunday, May 8, 2011

May 2011 Newsletter

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Realistic Fog Effects

Volumetric Fog for Special Effects
The new Volumetric Fog feature in IRender nXt can add realism to nighttime scenes, daytime exteriors, and theater lighting.
Create a really unique Presentation from your model using Fog, Smoke or Haze.
For more information see: Volumetric Fog
Nighttime Fog
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Sun Streaks on Hazy Day
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Spot Lights in a Smoky Room




New 3D PDF Interface

RPS 3D PDF was the first add-on we created for SketchUp more than 5 years ago, and its User Interface has just gotten more and more complicated as we added more features and found places to stick them.
Rich has created a new multi-tab wizard which should make it easier to create your 3D PDF files. The first release of this is for the new 3D PDF for IRender nXt. Check it out, 3D PDF Setup Wizard, in the latest release of IRender nXt.
The new Wizard for 3D PDF makes it even easier to create 3D PDF Presentations.
See: 3D PDF Setup Wizard



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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Rainy Night in Ypsilanti


MuseumMaker has a nice rendering of a SketchUp model of the Chick Inn in Ypsilanti on his blog: Sketching Ypsi

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We asked him if we could use his model to make samples for our new Volumetric Fog feature in IRender nXt. Here are the results:

(They obviously turned on more
  lights because it was such a foggy night. ;) )

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One of the other nice features for a nighttime scene like this was the use of Lighting Channels. I was able to assign separate channels to groups of lights, and then balance them while rendering and after the rendering was complete. This is much easier than having to change the intensity of the lights and re-render to see the effect.

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Here is a photo of the actual Drive Inn:  (See: Michigan Exposures)