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#SKETCHUP RENDERING ITEM IN PODIUM INTERIOR HOW TO#
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Third type of preset is the Interior, used for interior or inside scenes. Second type of preset is the Exterior, usually used for exterior or outside scenes. One is the default.pps preset, which is the fastest preset but is not configured for exterior or interior scenes. But in reality there are only three categories of presets. There are many presets to choose from so this may seem confusing. The presets are listed in the Options dialog box. Choosing the correct preset is not difficult. Presets are very important in any rendering. But for the final rendered image that you produce, you will need to do all three things - choose the best preset, choose the best light sources, apply the best materials and material properties. You do not have to do these processes in any particular sequence although in my experience the above sequence works the best. A third is applying Podium material properties to materials. The LEM face scene is just for your reference when creating a LEM light and should not be rendered.īelow I have outlined three general steps in creating a good interior rendered image. This model has seven scenes besides the LEM face scene. This tutorial uses the Interior-with-lights-sample-su17.skp SketchUp 2017 model. Also, take a look at the materials video tutorial.

#SKETCHUP RENDERING ITEM IN PODIUM INTERIOR HOW TO#

If you want to go through a tutorial on how to apply materials, try the quick start materials tutorial before starting on this interior tutorial. This tutorial draws heavily from already existing tutorials so I have listed all relative tutorials in the below reference section. However, in this tutorial, we will not actually apply materials as the model already has materials in it. The tutorial will apply the use of presets, the different type of lighting and examine Podium material properties. To do any post processing, previously, you needed a good image editor like Photoshop.This quick start tutorial is primarily for customers that are starting to use SU Podium and are looking for methods to develop good interior photo-realistic images. For example, editing the light levels, brightness, cropping the image, adding a background to alpha transparent image, create Depth of Field areas, adding an overlay and blending are some of PIE's features. Post processing means making changes to the bitmap image created by Podium. It was created so that Podium users can do quick post processing or image editing of Podium rendered images.

This is a powerful feature that lets you hide the light source but creates an evenly distributed light and is extremely useful for creating behind camera 'fill lights' to fine tune your lighting. Hidden LEM lights will still cast light into your SketchUp scene, but any surface with a Hidden LEM material applied will be invisible in the rendered image. Hidden LEM LEMs can also be made invisible by checking the hidden LEM option in the material editor. LEM materials can be applied to any face in your SkethUp model an used as a visible illumination source (like a lightbulb, neon sign, etc.) LEM Lights Unlike Omni and Spotlights, Podium LEM materials use actual SketchUp geometry to cast illumination into a SketchUp scene.

You can see the light group in SketchUp's outliner. The omni light/ point light is a SketchUp group called a light group. To insert an omni light or point light, click on the point light icon in the tool bar and drag an omni light into the model. Omni & Spot Lights Omni light or Point light is an artificial light source which emits light uniformly in all directions, similar to a light bulb. When sun light is on, you can use Podium's Physical Sky to create a realistic sky background with atmospheric qualities such as turbidity and realistic tonemapping. The sun's brightness, exposure and shadow direction can easily be controlled by changing SketchUp's time of day and year in the Shadows dialog. Sun Light is a directional light source that uses SketchUp's sky and shadow settings (SketchUp shadows must be turned on).Sky Light is an ambient light source applied evenly to the entire SketchUp background sky.

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These are both 'exterior' lights but will have a lot of effect on interior renderings if you are using windows and openings to the exterior. SU Podium has two types of natural lights. as well as the included Podium Browser content. You can use standard SketchUp materials, or higher resolution textures from a variety of libraries. When rendered these properties bring the model to life by reflecting light and the environment. Reflections, refractions, bump maps and other advanced properties can be applied to a specific SketchUp materials. SU Podium can turn these plain textures into realistic materials, quickly and intuitively via the Podium material user interface. An essential part of creating SketchUp models is applying textures to faces.

Sketchup rendering item in podium interior