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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

You're reading from   SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Create stunning photorealistic and artistic visuals of your SketchUp models

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783558414
Length 448 pages
Edition Edition
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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Quick Start Tutorial FREE CHAPTER 2. Collecting a Toolset 3. Composing the Scene 4. Modeling for Visualization 5. Applying Textures and Materials for Photorealistic Rendering 6. Entourage the SketchUp Way 7. Non-photoreal Visuals with SketchUp 8. Photorealistic Rendering 9. Postproduction in GIMP 10. Animations 11. Presenting Visuals in LayOut 12. Interactive Visualization Choosing a Rendering Software Index

Modifying the final composition with new SketchUp output


My final image is shown here. It's not great, mostly because the textures weren't great in the first place, but it is much better than before. Repeating mechanical textures, like the ones shown in the following image, look really fake in the Dennis Technique. I also don't feel the lines are sketchy enough, and I may have been too heavy-handed with the main colored area. So, what can I do about it? Lots!

Using layer masks has allowed you to apply lots of effects to the final image while not damaging the underlying layers. So, you can just go in and swap them with some better ones! You can also go back to any of the layer masks and reveal more or less of each layer, neatening things up as you feel the need. Nothing is ever lost.

Modifying the Dennis Technique

This can be challenging because it's open ended. However, you're up to it. So experiment!

  1. Go back to your SketchUp model and try out another sketchy-lines style. Choose a really scruffy...

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