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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 2. Collecting a Toolset FREE CHAPTER 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

Summary


You have now completed the most important stage in creating great architectural visuals using SketchUp! It wasn't hard, was it? The piece of paper in your hand is proof that a great visual is on the way. If you completed the quick start tutorial in Chapter 1, Quick Start Tutorial, you will know how easy the rest can be.

In this chapter, you learned how to think like a film set designer when setting up your scene and anchor your scene in the surrounding context. Then, you created camera perspectives with an extra wow factor. You have simulated accurate sunlight with location, orientation, time, and date in SketchUp. Finally, you used photos for billboard scenery and placed marker entourage to quickly view and make adjustments to your surroundings.

In the next chapter, you will learn how to model within SketchUp for great results quickly and easily. Remember that all you need to do is follow the tried and tested methods step by step. These individual steps are all baby steps, but at...

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