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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization
May, 2014 | 448 pages
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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
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1
Quick Start Tutorial
Quick Start Tutorial
The SketchUp interface
Modeling the room
Setting up the view
Applying SketchUp materials
Modeling the window
Summary
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
Entourage the SketchUp Way
Entourage the SketchUp Way
The notice hierarchy
Choosing entourage
Furniture
People cutouts
Vegetation
Vehicles
Summary
7
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
8
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
9
Postproduction in GIMP
Postproduction in GIMP
Part 1 – tweaks and lighting levels
Part 2 – compositing multiple images
Summary
10
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
11
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
12
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

Setting up for photoreal rendering

After this overview of computer graphic technologies, it is now time to look at the Thea user interface before we start exploring the features in a test scene. For this chapter, you need Thea Render and the Thea for SketchUp plugin installed (the free demo version will do for testing). As a licensed user you can also download sample materials from the Resources section of the website (http://www.thearender.com/) and have access to the Materials & Texture forum where other users exchange and discuss their own materials. Check the download and installation instructions in Chapter 2, Collecting a Toolset, if you don't have it already on your system.

Rendering process

The following are the steps of the SketchUp and Thea rendering process. This process will work for other renderers, too, and is a good way of structuring your workflow, because you achieve great results in little time. For example, why find out a material hasn't mapped at the right scale only...

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