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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization - Second Edition

By : Thomas Bleicher
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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

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By: Thomas Bleicher
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Overview of this book

Beginning with a quick start tutorial which will get you up and running with SketchUp 2014 quickly, you will move on to learning the key skills you will need to wow your clients with stunning visualizations through a series practical steps, tips and tricks. If you are a SketchUp user, from an amateur right through to an architectural technician, professional architect, or designer, this is the book for you. This book is also suitable as a companion to any architectural design or multimedia course, and is accessible to anyone who has learned the basics of SketchUp.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. Quick Start Tutorial
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1. Quick Start Tutorial
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The SketchUp interface
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Modeling the room
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Setting up the view
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Applying SketchUp materials
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Modeling the window
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Summary
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2. Collecting a Toolset
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2. Collecting a Toolset
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Free, libre, or what?
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Trimble SketchUp
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Thea Render
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Image-processing studio with GIMP
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Becoming a movie-making genius...almost!
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3. Composing the Scene
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3. Composing the Scene
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The importance of planning
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Setting up an arch-viz scene
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Fleshing out your site plan
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Setting up the camera to challenge and impress
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Saving days of toil with ready-made scenery
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Framing the scene with entourage
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4. Modeling for Visualization
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4. Modeling for Visualization
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Project file layout
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Carving out the detail
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Low polygon modeling techniques
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Using components to increase productivity
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Handling challenging modeling tasks
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Modeling for realistic highlights in interior scenes
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Preparing for photorealistic rendering
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5. Applying Textures and Materials for Photorealistic Rendering
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5. Applying Textures and Materials for Photorealistic Rendering
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Deciding to use textures
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Beginning with basic photo textures
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Advanced texturing techniques
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Using, finding, and creating tileable textures
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Advanced image considerations
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Modifying textures for added realism
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6. Entourage the SketchUp Way
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6. Entourage the SketchUp Way
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The notice hierarchy
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Choosing entourage
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Furniture
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People cutouts
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Vegetation
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Vehicles
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7. Non-photoreal Visuals with SketchUp
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7. Non-photoreal Visuals with SketchUp
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SketchUp's native output
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The Dennis Technique
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Using layer masks in GIMP
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Using a sky image in GIMP
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Creating a vignette layer
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Modifying the final composition with new SketchUp output
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Richard's sketchy pencil technique
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8. Photorealistic Rendering
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8. Photorealistic Rendering
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Why use an external renderer?
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Setting up for photoreal rendering
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Step 1 – Preparing the SketchUp model
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Step 2 – Performing an initial test render
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Step 3 – Assigning materials
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Step 4 – Defining lighting
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Step 5 – Inserting extra entourage
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Step 6 – Production rendering
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Step 7 – Postproduction rendering
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9. Postproduction in GIMP
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9. Postproduction in GIMP
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Part 1 – tweaks and lighting levels
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Part 2 – compositing multiple images
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10. Animations
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10. Animations
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Using the same principles for stills and animation
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Making a start – sketching it out
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Animating in SketchUp
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The Flightpath animation
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Let's put it together
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Authoring video sequences
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Compositing in VirtualDub
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Creating the final video composition
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Compressing for online streaming services
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11. Presenting Visuals in LayOut
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11. Presenting Visuals in LayOut
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Getting started with LayOut
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Displaying SketchUp models in LayOut
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Creating multiple views in LayOut
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Annotations in LayOut
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Displaying SketchUp sections
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Dimensions
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Slideshows and presentations
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Exporting and printing
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12. Interactive Visualization
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12. Interactive Visualization
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Lighting animation with Thea Relight
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Immersive environment with LumenRT
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A. Choosing a Rendering Software
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A. Choosing a Rendering Software
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What should I look for in a renderer?
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Are you outgrowing Thea Render?
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Index
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Why use an external renderer?

If you have followed the chapters in this book so far and also did some exercises on your own, you should by now be fairly comfortable with producing artistic and convincing presentations. So, you may ask yourself why you should spend time and money on learning another rendering program that just shows the same thing that SketchUp does.

There are several features that an external renderer (also called a render engine) can add to SketchUp. Here is a short overview of computer graphic technologies and terms to help you understand the workflows you are about to learn. Perhaps, you already know about the points discussed in the following sections and just cannot put a name to the various features. In this case, this Computer Graphics Primer is a small aid to help you talk the talk.

Geometry

One simple improvement is that pure render engines do offer a much higher limit for polygons in a scene than an interactive editor such as SketchUp can handle. Therefore, your final...

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