If you’re still looking for more, a great way to pump up your images is to add entourage. A lower angle helps to show off more of the architecture which gives the image more character. That view of the houses is mostly of the roofs. You can see that earlier image of this town didn’t really convey the quality of space. Lastly, your view is incredibly important. Once you find them, you can load them into your model and they will replace every instance of the component you just selected to reload. From the pop-up window, you can navigate to your saved components. In my model, I right clicked on one of the components I wanted to replace and selected Reload from the menu.
I searched through the 3d warehouse for high-quality, low-poly, 3d foliage and saved them to my desktop. The original trees and shrubs in this model were flat (literally). I then played with the time of day slider to get the sun to light up the sides of the buildings facing the camera. If you’re looking for long dramatic shadows use a winter month. I chose a summer month where the sun (the altitude) was highest in the sky so that the shadows would be shorter.
For this image, I wanted the shadows to highlight the depth of the houses, but not be too dramatic. It’s important to take into account the kinds of shadows being cast by the positioning of the sun. The Kind of ShadowsĪll shadows weren’t created equal. Instead, to define shapes and create depth within my model I enable View>Shadows. I uncheck Edges from View>Edge Style to avoid the identifiable sketchup look. That’s a great aesthetic for communicating early concepts, but when it comes to presentation it can become distracting. I can’t quite put my finger on what makes so many sketchup images so readily identifiable, but I know it has something to do with the edges and flat faces. I’m a big proponent of the thought that a successful image doesn’t scream the aesthetic of the program it came from. Depending on what degree you choose it will exaggerate or play down the perspective.Īfter your perspective is setup there are some things to take into consideration. Tip: If you select the zoom tool, you can then type in a degree. A perspective is similar to how you would see your model if you were viewing it with the naked eye. To enable perspective go to the Camera tab and check Perspective. To start off, make sure you’re viewing in perspective. We’re not going to be able to create a photorealistic rendering with sketchup alone, but we can certainly move towards it. What’s working? What’s not? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. Since this is our starting point, it makes sense to take a moment and critique it.
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The left image is a useful aesthetic if you’re trying to create an 8-bit town, but in this tutorial you’re going to learn how to get something like the image on the right. As the image shows below, the quality can vary drastically. There’s a lot of control in how you display your models in sketchup. In this session you’ll learn how to get beautiful images out of sketchup without using those costly rendering plugins, additional software, or other post-production techniques. Of course, you can learn how to become a phenomenal designer and modeler with our sketchup tutorials, but chances are you’ll need to know how to get awesome sketchup images as well. More by Tony Simple Ways to Get Beautiful Sketchup Images Without Plugins or SoftwareĪ major point of modelling with sketchup is to generate imagery for presentation.
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