PacktLib: SketchUp 7.1 for Architectural Visualization: Beginner's Guide

SketchUp 7.1 for Architectural Visualization

Credits

Foreword

About the Author

About the Reviewers

Preface

Quick Start Tutorial

Can SketchUp really produce pro visuals?

Modeling the room

Time for action - model the room in SketchUp

Composing the view

Time for action - setting up the camera

Time for action - setting up the sun

Materials

Time for action - timber flooring materials

Modeling the window

Photo images

Time for action - setting up the scenery backdrop

Time for action - hanging digital art

Exporting to the render application

Modifying materials in Kerkythea quickly

Time for action - Kerkythea materials

Rendering in Kerkythea

Summary

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Google software

Time for action - restoring the collection to its rightful place

Time for action - enabling the organic modeling tools

Your image processing studio with GIMP

Become a movie making genius—almost

Time for action - installing VirtualDub

Time for action - how to install Ruby scripts

What rendering software?

Time for action - downloading and installing extras for Kerkythea

Summary

Composing the Scene

The importance of planning

The four ways to set up an arch-viz scene

Time for action - setting up a scene with Photo-Match

Time for action - 3D drawing in a 2D photo

Time for action - real life sunlight

Time for action - setting up a CAD site plan

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Time for action - using a Google Earth / Maps screenshot

Fleshing out your site plan

Time for action - massing

Setting up the camera to challenge and impress

Time for action - changing the field of view

Time for action - obscure with Fog effects

Saving days of toil with ready-made scenery

Time for action - how to create billboard elements

Framing the scene with entourage

Time for action - inserting entourage place holders

Summary

Modeling for Visualization

Time for action - creating the basic building shape

Time for action - swapping high/low resolution versions

Carving out the detail

Time for action - modeling detail from CAD elevations

Time for action - modeling from a photograph

Low polygon modeling techniques

Time for action - low poly curves and circles

Using components to increase productivity

Time for action - purging 3D Warehouse components for your own use

Taking it further: Challenging modeling tasks explained

Time for action - windows and doors

Time for action - flashing in a flash

Time for action - modeling ridge tiles

Time for action - realistic roads and pavements

Modeling for realistic highlights in interior scenes

Time for action - how to add corner detail to your model

Summary

Applying Textures and Materials for Photo-Real Rendering

Beginning with basic photo textures

Time for action - applying Sketchup's own textures

Time for action - travel the world for real textures!

Applying whole photographs as textures

Time for action - set up a fake room

Using, finding, and creating tileable textures

Time for action - exact texture placement

Time for action - correcting perspective

Time for action - tiling method one

Time for action - tiling method two

Time for action - importing a texture into SketchUp

Time for action - saving the texture

Advanced image considerations

Modifying textures in GIMP for added realism

Time for action - telling SketchUp to link to an image editor

Time for action - making unique textures for surfaces

Time for action - adding some muck and variation

Time for action - how to add extra elements to a texture

Summary

Entourage the SketchUp Way

The "notice hierarchy"

Choosing entourage

Furniture

People cutouts

Time for action - how to create 2D people components

Time for action - creating the Face-Me component

Vegetation

Vehicles

Summary

Non Photo Real with SketchUp

SketchUp's native output

Time for action - editing SketchUp's built-in styles

Time for action - 2D graphic export

The Dennis technique

Time for action - setting up the Dennis technique in SketchUp

Time for action - setting up GIMP for the Dennis technique

Using layer masks in GIMP

Time for action - using layer masks for the Dennis effect

Time for action - using a sky image in GIMP

Time for action - creating the vignette layer

Richard's sketchy pencil technique

Time for action - setting up Pencil sketch technique

Time for action - creating pencil shading in GIMP

Summary

Photo-Realistic Rendering

The learning feedback loop

Setting up for photo-real rendering

Step 1: Checking integrity and the modify/test-render loop

Time for action - the modify / test loop

Step 2: Inserting extra entourage

Time for action - test rendering models in Kerkythea

Time for action - manipulating entourage in Kerkythea

Step 3: Defining the lighting

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Step 4: Refining materials

Time for action - adding specularity and reflections

Time for action - controlling reflections in glass

Step 5: Testing the production render

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Step 6: Production render

Time for action - settings for a render using only sunlight

Step 7: Post production renders

Time for action - the Depth Render

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Artificially lit indoor scenes

Time for action - creating spot-lights in SketchUp

Time for action - switching off sun and sky lighting

Time for action - radiant materials

Advanced materials techniques

Time for action - applying Alpha transparency to face-me components

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Summary

Important Compositing and After Effects in GIMP

Part 1: Tweaks and lighting levels

Time for action - the levels dialogue

Time for action - adjusting light quantity

Time for action - find a way of removing noise

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Time for action - depth of field using a depth render

Time for action - adding light effects in GIMP

Time for action - fade out the edges with a vignette

Part 2: Compositing multiple images

Time for action - using the Kerkythea mask render for windows

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Summary

Walkthroughs and Flyovers

The same principles for stills and animation

Making a start: Sketch it out

Time for action - write out your itinerary

Time for action - the storyboard

Animating in SketchUp

Time for action - a simple walkthrough

Time for action - getting the timing right

Time for action - adding individual timing to scenes

Creating flythroughs from paths

Time for action - smooth transitions

Let's put it together

Authoring video sequences

Time for action - animating with Kerkythea

Compositing in VirtualDUB

Time for action -

Compressing and preparing for web use

Time for action - preparing an MP4 video with MPEG Streamclip

Creating the final video composition

Summary

Presenting Visuals in LayOut

Getting started with LayOut

Time for action - customizing a page border

Displaying SketchUp models in LayOut

Time for action - displaying a SketchUp 3D view

Multiple views of the same model

Time for action - orthographic views in LayOut

Time for action - align the view using a face

Displaying SketchUp sections

Time for action - creating sections

Slideshows and presentations

Time for action - creating a presentation

Exporting and printing

Time for action - exporting images from LayOut

Summary

Choosing Rendering Software

Choosing Rendering Software

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Choosing Rendering Software

Suggested Basic Toolbar Layout

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