Lighting

Lighting is an important aspect of a Photorealistic rendering.

Use the following guidelines when lighting your model:

  • Provide accurate information whenever possible. Avoid using unrealistic intensity levels for light sources.
  • Adjust the overall brightness of your rendering by using the Brightness control on the Render Display Window . Do not attempt to adjust the overall scene brightness by changing the intensity of all of the light sources. nXt's automatic exposure adjustment will be working against you if you attempt to do this.

IRender nXt automatically processes illumination and shadows from the SketchUp sun and from the sky. You can add additional lights to the model - especially for interior scenes for more realistic effects.

To get started with lighting, see these tutorials:

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Video Tutorials

Video Tutorials

We have created a number of Video Tutorials which will help you get started.
Rendering with SketchUp
How-to-render.jpg How to choose a renderer
Sample-renderings-thumbnail.jpg Sample Renderings
First Exterior Rendering.jpg First Exterior Rendering

Video2.jpg Simple Rendering of an Object

Getting Started
Getting started video.jpg Getting Started with IRender nXt
Getting Started with nXtRender.jpg Getting Started with nXtRender

Interior lighting button.jpg Interior Lighting Basics
Reflections video.jpg Highlights and Reflections
IRender nXt Videos
IRender nXt Video.jpg IRender nXt Features
Version3-video.jpg Advanced IRender nXt Features
Pback2.jpg Position your Background Image
Position HDRi.jpg Position HDRi Sky

Glass transparency.JPG Fine Tuning Transparency
Button for edge lines vid.jpg Rendering with Edge Lines
Lighting-channels-video.jpg Lighting Channels

Material-channels-video.jpg Material Channels

Realistic Water Effects.jpg Realistic Water Effects
Create 3D PDF.jpg IRender nXt 3D PDF

Other SketchUp products

NprTools Video
  • Add non-photorealistic effects to your SketchUp Model.
  • Soft Shadows
  • Sketchy Shadows
NprTools-Video.jpg
RpTreeMaker Video
  • Add custom, fractal trees to your SketchUp Model.
  • Create a simple tree and see how to change the parameters.
Treemaker button.jpg

AccuRender nXt for Revit

AccuRender nXt Simple Rendering
  • Load and use AccuRender nXt for Revit
  • Render a model with default settings
Revit button.jpg

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