Photorealistic

This is a sample image saved from SketchUp demonstrating shading, transparency, materials, etc.

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This is the same model run through the IRender renderer demonstrating lights, multiple shadows, reflection, Antialiasing, and soft shadows.

Photorealistic refers to creating images which resemble a photograph.

SketchUp and OpenGL

SketchUp uses an OpenGL renderer to achieve several photorealistic effects:

• Use of textures and materials.
• Shading (brightness of color) based on angle to the lights.
• Shadows from the sun.
• Perspective views.
• Transparency

PhotoRealistic Renderings

High-end Photorealistic Renderers attempt to be more like a photograph by adding:

• Point light sources and spot lights.
• Shadows from multiple lights.
• Reflection on surfaces - direct reflection such as mirrors, or reflection from shiny surfaces.
• Indirect Light - which incorporates the effects of light bouncing off of other surfaces creating softer, more natural shadows.
• Glow
• Antialiasing
• To Create High Resolution images from SketchUp, use a rendering engine such as IRender nXt and choose the resolution desired. See SketchUp High Resolution Images .

See Also

• Rendering

SketchUp Plugins for Photorealism

• www.renderplus.com - IRender from Render Plus