zdesignviz: tutorial

TUTORIAL_Topview_Render set-up . . . sketchup pro 8 and vray 2

http://www.calameo.com/read/001355330ae404f05bf9f

How to manage intensity and shadows using Omni Lights in Vray for Sketchup . . .

TUTORIAL_How_to_manage_OMNI_LIGHTS

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PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL - Light-up your image . . .

TUTORIAL_Light-up your imag

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Tutorial_Placing a SketchUp model in Google Earth . . .

Placing a SketchUp model in Google

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DL Calameo slideshare 4shared Cgpinoy.org

process: model in sketchup + vray for sketchup + photoshop + fotosketcher

Check all the image series - HERE

Complete series of the making of old town - HERE

THE MAKING OldTown

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model | visoft texture | images vismat 1 2 series of tutorial

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Charlie Chaplin . . .Tutorial

FROM DEFAULT SETTING

PHOTOSHOP

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The Making of ... BEDROOM

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VINTAGE | RETRO EFFECT TUTORIAL IN PHOTOSHOP

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO VIEW THE ALBUM...

DOWNLOAD PDF FILE - HERE

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Barcelon Pavilion Work in Progress (WIP)...WATER SETTING

Nomeradona conduct a September Challenge for sketchup-vray artists

Download Model : Mies Van De Rohe's Barcelon Pavilion - HERE

Goals: Camaraderie, celebration, learning from each other, sharing and encouraging excellence through discovery and experimentation.

Here's the scene view i selected from the original set up of the Pavilion - Clay Render

In this tutorial I retain only the default value of Glossiness and IOR in refraction and ticked the affect shadows and affect alpha...here's the trick.

REFLECTION USING FRESNEL

DIFFUSE USING BLEND TEXTURE - A

TEXTURE

DIFFUSE USING BLEND TEXTURE - B

TRANSPARENCY USING COLOR PALETTE

BUMP USING NOISE

SAMPLE RENDERED WATER - DAY SCENE

SAMPLE RENDERED WATER - NIGHT SCENE

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Barcelon Pavilion Work in Progress (WIP)...WOOD SETTING

Nomeradona conduct a September Challenge for sketchup-vray artists

Download Model : Mies Van De Rohe's Barcelon Pavilion - HERE

Goals: Camaraderie, celebration, learning from each other, sharing and encouraging excellence through discovery and experimentation.

SAMPLE RENDERED WOOD

Note : I use millimeters as my primary units in all models and set up.

REFLECTION USING FRESNEL

DIFFUSE USING BITMAP

In this tutorial I use the same bitmap material as my wood bump ... here's the trick.

BUMP USING SAME BITMAP

WOOD TEXTURE

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Barcelona Pavilion Work in Progress (WIP)...THE MAKING

Nomeradona conduct a September Challenge for sketchup-vray artists

Download Model : Mies Van De Rohe's Barcelon Pavilion - HERE

Goals: Camaraderie, celebration, learning from each other, sharing and encouraging excellence through discovery and experimentation.

First of all I want to show the shadow in the entire scene and follow the steps...

Here's the scene with shadow setting...

Render Option

Clay Render setting

Sun setting

Clay Render with sun setting

Raw Image Render

After Post process

AFTERNOON SCENE

Raw Image Render

After Post process

EARLY MORNING SCENE

Raw Image Render

After Post process

NIGHT SCENE

HDRI setting | Just load the HDRI image under bitmap "M"

Clay Render with HDRI setting

Raw Image Render

After Post process

NIGHT SCENE

CHECK THE FLASH ANIMATION - HERE

Download HDRI and background Images :

HDRI

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Tips and Tricks on how to manage Shadow | Sun and Sky...

i made a simple test rendered scene and tutorial on how to manage the scene environment and illumination by adjusting the value of Turbidity | Ozone | Intensity | and Sun Size which you always use in your scene especially exterior.

TURBIDITY

OZONE

INTENSITY

SUN SIZE

Tips and Tricks : if you use physical camera, you are going to reduce all the exposure of the other lights that you have in your scene and it's good idea to reduce the intensity of the sun if you already have all the other lights in the scene.

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The making of Parol at Puto Bumbong . . . SVA Challenge Winner

The parol or lantern is one of the most iconic and beloved symbols of the holiday. The earliest parols were traditionally made from simple materials like bamboo sticks, Japanese rice paper (known as "papel de Hapon") or crepe paper, and a candle or coconut oil-lamp for illumination; although the present day parol can take many different shapes and forms. The most base form of the lantern is a 5-pointed star with two "tails" at the lower two tips. Other variations are 4, 8, 10 pointed stars with the rarer 6, 16 and so on pointed stars. The parol is also traditionally made of lacquered paper and bamboo, but others are made of cellophane, plastic, rope, capiz shell and a wide variety of materials. Making parols is a folk craft, and most Filipino kids have tried their hand at making a parol at one time or another, maybe as a school project or otherwise. The most basic parol can be easily constructed with just ten bamboo sticks, paper, and glue. These lanterns represent the Star of Bethlehem that guided the Magi, also known as the Three Wise Men or Three Kings (Tatlong Hari in Tagalog).

Puto Bumbong, Traditionally made from a special variety of heirloom sticky or glutinous rice called Pirurutong which has a distinctly purple color, soaked in salted water and dried overnight and then poured into bumbong or bamboo tubes and then steamed until done or steam rises out of the bamboo tubes. It is served topped with butter or margarine and shredded coconut mixed with sugar.
Puto bumbong is the most sought after delicacies at Christmas time. During the simbang gabi or the Christmas Eve mass, people would line up to their favorite stalls outside the church just to have a taste of this favorite Pinoy delicacies.

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speed up your modeling work
Here's the other tips on how to make it fast while you are working in a big scale model.

DOWNLOAD PDF FILE : HERE

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Rendering a Section Cut from Sketchup . . .

Before you start, always back up your original model and save it with other name.
Download Zorro 2.rb and section Cut Face 2.rb and put it in sketchup plugins folder :
C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins

Download : Zorro 2 plugin - HERE | Section Cut Face 2 - HERE

Here I made zdesign as my primary model to cut somewhere in the middle.

DOWNLOAD PDF FILE - HERE

CHECK ALSO THE NOMERADONA VERSION - HERE...

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clay render without affecting some materials...

In this tutorial i want to show a simple but effective approach in doing a render a scene as clay render by checking override materials and choice a material which is not affected by override materials, and on this scene i select a stained glass, and put emmisive material inside the lamp.

process : model in su8 + vray version 1.48.91

simple output

setting

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foyer featured wall...texture

i made here a simple wall texture and you can download HERE with complete visoft, vismat, wall texture and model...voila!
Complete series of image - HERE

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convert your digital photos into art...

i made a quick watercolor effect in fotosketcher and here's the output showing the two images day and night scene.

FotoSketcher - HERE

VRAY OUTPUT DIGITAL IMAGE

FOTOSKETCHER OUTPUT

DAY SCENE

NIGHT SCENE

MERGING THE DAY AND NIGHT SCENE

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animation_tutorial_using_fade_in_fade_out...

here's a basic step by step image tutorial on how to make simple animation using fade in fade out alpha in flash.
this is only a short frame to make it easy to understand...
weapon - adobe flash cs4
FLASH ANIMATION SAMPLE DOWNLOAD - HERE

final output swf file

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glass sample and tutorial...

in this tutorial, i will make several sample of glass which is commonly used in my architectural project using bump and noise adjustments.

here's the image tutorial...
VISMAT MATERIAL - HERE

GLASS_1

GLASS_2

GLASS_3

GLASS_4

GLASS_5

GLASS_6

GLASS_7

GLASS_8

GLASS_9

GLASS_10

and here are the adjustments on how to make the glass panel irregular...

MULTI SETTING

NOMERADONA'S - Bent Reflection on glass glazings tricks

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grass/carpet tutorial...

here's my tutorial on how to make the grass or even carpet looks uneven/ripple using bump and displacement and noise adjustments.

here's the image tutorial...
VISMAT MATERIAL - HERE


SAMPLE IMAGE RENDER WITH TEXTURE ADJUSTMENT

GRASS_2 TUTORIAL

APPLY THE GRASS MATERIAL

BUMP WITH BLEND TEXTURE_A

BUMP WITH BLEND TEXTURE_B

DISPLACEMENT WITH BLEND TEXTURE_A

DISPLACEMENT WITH BLEND TEXTURE_B

GRASS

BUMP

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Simple SHRUB & IVY Tutorial...

Here's the Great Tutorial of NOMERADONA

Creating Ivy/ crawler/ creeper using Google SketchUp and Vray SketchUp - by NOMERADONA

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Using HDRI and SUN in Vray SketchUp...

here is my simple tutorial on how to use HDRI and SUN together in Vray SketchUp.
HDRI download here - http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html
here i use HDRI barcelona rooftops
VISOFT - HERE