Enhancing 3D designs outside of SketchUp

Combine your SketchUp designs with other mediums, such as Photoshop or even pen and paper, to create presentation renderings.

Photoshop renderings

You can export 2D images of your SketchUp model and then use those images to import into Photoshop. (We will cover how to export images from SketchUp in the next chapter, Chapter 11.) Then, in Photoshop, add shading, color correction, light glows, and other effects to enhance your presentation renderings.

Figure 10.43 shows an example of an exported SketchUp model rendered in Photoshop.

Figure 10.43: An exported SketchUp 2D image rendered in Photoshop by SketchUp School (www.sketchupschool.com) based on a real-world design by Martha Picciotti of Picciotti Design (www.picciottidesign.com)

Photorealistic renderings

Create a wow effect by using third-party programs to produce photorealistic renderings of your SketchUp models. There are multiple rendering plugins...