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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

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Overview of this book

SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Second Edition

SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Second Edition

Credits

Credits

About the Authors

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Preface

Free Chapter

Quick Start Tutorial

Quick Start Tutorial

The SketchUp interface

Modeling the room

Setting up the view

Applying SketchUp materials

Modeling the window

Summary

Collecting a Toolset

Collecting a Toolset

Free, libre, or what?

Trimble SketchUp

Thea Render

Image-processing studio with GIMP

Becoming a movie-making genius...almost!

Summary

Composing the Scene

Composing the Scene

The importance of planning

Setting up an arch-viz scene

Fleshing out your site plan

Setting up the camera to challenge and impress

Saving days of toil with ready-made scenery

Framing the scene with entourage

Summary

Modeling for Visualization

Modeling for Visualization

Project file layout

Carving out the detail

Low polygon modeling techniques

Using components to increase productivity

Handling challenging modeling tasks

Modeling for realistic highlights in interior scenes

Preparing for photorealistic rendering

Summary

Applying Textures and Materials for Photorealistic Rendering

Applying Textures and Materials for Photorealistic Rendering

Deciding to use textures

Beginning with basic photo textures

Advanced texturing techniques

Using, finding, and creating tileable textures

Advanced image considerations

Modifying textures for added realism

Summary

Entourage the SketchUp Way

Entourage the SketchUp Way

The notice hierarchy

Choosing entourage

Furniture

People cutouts

Vegetation

Vehicles

Summary

Non-photoreal Visuals with SketchUp

Non-photoreal Visuals with SketchUp

SketchUp's native output

The Dennis Technique

Using layer masks in GIMP

Using a sky image in GIMP

Creating a vignette layer

Modifying the final composition with new SketchUp output

Richard's sketchy pencil technique

Summary

Photorealistic Rendering

Photorealistic Rendering

Why use an external renderer?

Setting up for photoreal rendering

Step 1 – Preparing the SketchUp model

Step 2 – Performing an initial test render

Step 3 – Assigning materials

Step 4 – Defining lighting

Step 5 – Inserting extra entourage

Step 6 – Production rendering

Step 7 – Postproduction rendering

Summary

Postproduction in GIMP

Postproduction in GIMP

Part 1 – tweaks and lighting levels

Part 2 – compositing multiple images

Summary

Animations

Animations

Using the same principles for stills and animation

Making a start – sketching it out

Animating in SketchUp

The Flightpath animation

Let's put it together

Authoring video sequences

Compositing in VirtualDub

Creating the final video composition

Compressing for online streaming services

Summary

Presenting Visuals in LayOut

Presenting Visuals in LayOut

Getting started with LayOut

Displaying SketchUp models in LayOut

Creating multiple views in LayOut

Annotations in LayOut

Displaying SketchUp sections

Dimensions

Slideshows and presentations

Exporting and printing

Summary

Interactive Visualization

Interactive Visualization

Lighting animation with Thea Relight

Immersive environment with LumenRT

Summary

Choosing a Rendering Software

Choosing a Rendering Software

What should I look for in a renderer?

Are you outgrowing Thea Render?

Index

Index

Chapter 3. Composing the Scene

Imagine you're a wildlife photographer. You're stalking a rare, brightly plumaged bird through the undergrowth. You lie in the grass for hours, centipedes and large spiders crawling over your face and neck. Then, when your body is stiff and aching, sun baked and drenched in sweat, the bird alights on a log with a fish in its mouth, the sun glimmering delightfully from the scales. You squeeze the shutter and success is yours.

Now, imagine yourself, instead, in a vast empty film studio. It's bare. Everything is lit in the same uniform, bright, diffused boring light. There's nothing to photograph except a skip full of plywood and canvas sheets. You'll have to make up your own scene.

In this chapter, you will learn how to plan out and set up a scene so that success is guaranteed later. You will discover the following:

The main ways to start your scene
Framing the scene using carefully chosen entourage place markers
Using virtual plywood props and painted backdrops
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