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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization. Create stunning photorealistic and artistic visuals of your SketchUp models

Robin de Jongh, Thomas Bleicher

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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Second Edition
- Table of Contents
- SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Second Edition
- Credits
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
  - Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
    - Why subscribe?
    - Free access for Packt account holders
- Preface
  - What this book covers
  - What you need for this book
  - Who this book is for
  - Conventions
  - Reader feedback
  - Customer support
    - Downloading the color images of this book
    - Downloading the example code
    - Errata
    - Piracy
    - Questions
- 1. Quick Start Tutorial
  - The SketchUp interface
    - The main window and pallets
      - Toolbars
      - The status bar
      - The Value Control Box
      - Pallet windows
    - The Getting Started toolbar
      - Navigation
        
        Orbit
        
        Pan
        
        Zoom
      - Select and Erase
      - Drawing tools
      - Edit tools
    - Core concepts
      - Splitting and healing
      - Groups
      - Inferencing
      - Layers and visibility
    - Further resources
  - Modeling the room
  - Setting up the view
    - Setting up the camera view
    - Saving the camera view
    - Setting up the sun
  - Applying SketchUp materials
    - Timber flooring material
  - Modeling the window
    - Painting with digital photos
    - Doing a test rendering
    - Enhancing SketchUp materials
    - Saving the image
  - Summary
- 2. Collecting a Toolset
  - Free, libre, or what?
  - Trimble SketchUp
    - SketchUp Pro, LayOut, and Style Builder
    - The 3D Warehouse
    - Unlimited upgrades Ruby plugins
      - The Extension Warehouse
      - The Extension Manager
      - Old style Ruby scripts
  - Thea Render
    - Why use Thea Render?
    - Installing Thea Studio
    - Installing the Thea for SketchUp plugin
    - Downloading bonus content
  - Image-processing studio with GIMP
    - Why do I need a professional-level image processor?
    - Grabbing a copy of GIMP
  - Becoming a movie-making genius...almost!
    - Why cant I just use the output from SketchUp?
    - VirtualDub
    - Mac alternatives
    - HandBrake
  - Summary
- 3. Composing the Scene
  - The importance of planning
    - How to begin with the end in mind
    - Sketch out your visuals
    - Think like a film set designer
  - Setting up an arch-viz scene
    - Importing terrain data
    - Using a site photo with Match Photo
      - What you need from a Match Photo image
      - Setting up a Match Photo scene
      - 3D drawing in a 2D photo
    - Setting up a real-world location and the Sun's position
      - Setting up the time and date for shadows
    - Sketch plan
    - Starting with a 2D CAD site plan
      - Setting up a CAD site plan
      - Cleaning up the imported CAD data
      - Importing 3D data from CAD
  - Fleshing out your site plan
    - Massing the buildings
  - Setting up the camera to challenge and impress
    - Changing the field of view
    - Think like a pigeon
      - Orthographic and parallel projection
  - Saving days of toil with ready-made scenery
    - Billboard scenery elements
    - Creating billboard elements
  - Framing the scene with entourage
    - The specifity trap
    - Rough placeholders
    - Inserting entourage placeholders
    - Printing a test view
  - Summary
- 4. Modeling for Visualization
  - Project file layout
    - Creating the basic building shape
    - Swapping _LR with _HR resolution versions
  - Carving out the detail
    - Modeling buildings in SketchUp
      - Modeling detail from CAD elevations
      - Modeling from a photograph
      - Modeling by eye or measurements
  - Low polygon modeling techniques
    - What is low polygon?
    - So what's the big deal about low polygon modeling?
      - Will I see it?
      - Can I replace it with 2D?
      - Can I reduce the number of segments in an arc or circle?
  - Using components to increase productivity
    - How to benefit most from using components
      - Using dummy components
    - Using the Outliner for easy access
    - Why you should name components
    - 3D Warehouse components problems to be aware of
    - Purging 3D Warehouse components for your own use
      - Default material
  - Handling challenging modeling tasks
    - Windows and doors
    - Roof
    - Flashing details
    - Modeling ridge tiles
      - Copying the tiles
    - Curtain walls
    - Masonry features
    - Roads
      - Realistic roads and pavements
    - Landscaping with sandbox watch your polygon count
  - Modeling for realistic highlights in interior scenes
    - What's the problem with sharp edges?
    - The RoundCorner plugin
  - Preparing for photorealistic rendering
  - Summary
- 5. Applying Textures and Materials for Photorealistic Rendering
  - Deciding to use textures
    - The texturing process flow chart
  - Beginning with basic photo textures
    - Starting with Match Photo textures
    - Using textures from the photo modeling process
    - Using basic seamless textures
      - Applying SketchUp's own textures
      - Scaling textures
      - Coloring textures
    - Using Google Street View
      - Traveling the world for real textures
  - Advanced texturing techniques
    - Applying whole photographs as textures
    - Where to find texture photos
    - Setting up a fake room
      - Creating balsa wood film scenery props
  - Using, finding, and creating tileable textures
    - Manipulating textures
    - Exact texture placement
      - The free pins mode
    - Creating your own seamless textures
      - Correcting perspective in GIMP
      - Tiling via an automatic filter
      - Tiling method two
      - Importing a texture into SketchUp
      - Saving a material to a library
      - Quick recap on textures
  - Advanced image considerations
    - Texture size
    - File type
    - Compression
    - Balancing size and compression
  - Modifying textures for added realism
    - Telling SketchUp to link to an image editor
    - Making unique textures for surfaces
    - Editing textures in GIMP
    - Adding some muck and variation
    - Adding extra elements to a texture
    - Adding extra detail
    - Knowing when to call it quits
  - Summary
- 6. Entourage the SketchUp Way
  - The notice hierarchy
    - Supporting the scene
    - Be the marketing exec
  - Choosing entourage
    - At which stage do I introduce entourage?
    - What's my acquisition strategy?
    - 2D or not 2D, that is the question
  - Furniture
    - Manufacturers' websites
    - The 3D Warehouse
    - List of websites
  - People cutouts
    - Creating 2D people components
      - Scaling the person
      - Tracing the outline
      - Applying the photo texture
      - Checking for halos
      - Drawing the innards
      - Creating the face-me component
      - 3D people and the uncanny valley
  - Vegetation
    - Non-photoreal sketchy trees
    - Want an automatic veggie maker?
  - Vehicles
  - Summary
- 7. Non-photoreal Visuals with SketchUp
  - SketchUp's native output
    - Editing SketchUp's built-in styles
      - Get some style!
    - Saving 2D images in SketchUp
  - The Dennis Technique
    - Setting up the Dennis Technique in SketchUp
      - Creating the Color Wash image
      - Lines only
      - Lines and shadows
      - Exporting the scene tabs
      - Setting up GIMP for the Dennis Technique
  - Using layer masks in GIMP
    - Using layer masks for the Dennis effect
  - Using a sky image in GIMP
  - Creating a vignette layer
  - Modifying the final composition with new SketchUp output
    - Modifying the Dennis Technique
  - Richard's sketchy pencil technique
    - Setting up the Pencil Sketch Technique in SketchUp
    - Setting up the Pencil Sketch Technique in GIMP
    - Creating pencil shading in GIMP
    - Adding some grunge the Dirty Hands layer
    - Finishing touches
  - Summary
- 8. Photorealistic Rendering
  - Why use an external renderer?
    - Geometry
    - Materials
    - Lighting
      - Daylight
      - Artificial lighting
    - Advanced features
  - Setting up for photoreal rendering
    - Rendering process
    - Thea for SketchUp interface
      - The Thea Tool window
      - The Thea Rendering Window
  - Step 1 Preparing the SketchUp model
  - Step 2 Performing an initial test render
    - Common import bugs and how to rectify them
    - Clay rendering
  - Step 3 Assigning materials
    - Applying predefined materials
    - Light-emitting materials
    - One-sided materials
    - Importing Thea materials to SketchUp
    - Summary on materials
  - Step 4 Defining lighting
    - Preparing the test scene
    - Using daylight
      - Testing the sun and sky with clay render
      - Adjusting the daylight settings in Thea
    - Image-based lighting
      - How Smart IBL works
    - Saving the sky settings
    - Artificial lighting
      - Creating Spotlights in SketchUp
      - Rendering artificial light
    - Changing the light parameters
      - Point lights
      - Adding light-emitting materials
    - The final indoor render
  - Step 5 Inserting extra entourage
  - Step 6 Production rendering
    - Test production render
    - Reducing the render time
    - The final render
    - Saving the final image
  - Step 7 Postproduction rendering
    - Depth render
    - Alpha (mask) render
  - Summary
- 9. Postproduction in GIMP
  - Part 1 tweaks and lighting levels
    - Adjusting levels automatically
    - Adjusting levels manually
      - Using the Levels dialog
      - Adjusting the brightness balance
      - Correcting individual color channels
    - Removing unwanted image noise
      - Using the G'MIC plugin
    - Adding light bloom
    - Simulating depth of field
      - Creating depth of field using a depth render
    - Lighting effects
      - Adding light effects in GIMP
      - Discovering weird and wonderful lighting filters
    - Using a vignette layer to finish the image
      - Fading out the edges with a vignette
  - Part 2 compositing multiple images
    - Using a mask render for windows
    - SketchUp window reflections without rendering
    - Using paths to mask photos
  - Summary
- 10. Animations
  - Using the same principles for stills and animation
  - Making a start sketching it out
    - Writing out the itinerary
    - Generating the storyboard
    - Dealing with detractions
    - The storyboard
  - Animating in SketchUp
    - Creating a simple walkthrough
    - Animation settings
    - Getting the timing right
    - Adding individual timing to scenes
  - The Flightpath animation
    - Smooth transitions
    - Fine-tuning with CameraControls
    - Camera pan, roll, and tilt
  - Let's put it together
    - Interesting details and viewpoints
  - Authoring video sequences
    - High-resolution animation from SketchUp
    - Saving individual frames for an animation
    - Animating with Thea
  - Compositing in VirtualDub
    - Creating an animation from still images
  - Creating the final video composition
  - Compressing for online streaming services
    - Creating an MP4 video with HandBrake
  - Summary
- 11. Presenting Visuals in LayOut
  - Getting started with LayOut
    - Creating a custom page border
      - Using Auto-Text
  - Displaying SketchUp models in LayOut
    - Preparing SketchUp scenes for LayOut
      - Aligning the view to the model
    - Display a SketchUp 3D view
    - Adjusting the display style
      - Using SketchUp styles
  - Creating multiple views in LayOut
    - Arranging the viewports
  - Annotations in LayOut
    - Using scrapbooks
  - Displaying SketchUp sections
    - Creating section line work
  - Dimensions
  - Slideshows and presentations
    - Creating a presentation
    - Adding further elements to enhance LayOut pages
  - Exporting and printing
    - Exporting a PDF document from LayOut
    - Export to print
  - Summary
- 12. Interactive Visualization
  - Lighting animation with Thea Relight
    - Preparing the SketchUp scene
    - Exporting to Thea Studio
    - Using Relight
    - Creating a Relight animation
    - Changing materials with Colimo
  - Immersive environment with LumenRT
    - Using the LumenRT plugin in SketchUp
      - Editing materials
      - Adding digital nature components
      - Adding lights
    - Exporting the scene
    - Navigating the LiveCube
    - LiveCube tools and settings
    - Exporting images
    - Creating an animation
      - Editing an animation sequence
      - Editing a movie
      - Exporting a video
    - Publishing the LiveCube
  - Summary
- A. Choosing a Rendering Software
  - What should I look for in a renderer?
    - Rendering quality
    - Interoperability with SketchUp
    - Training and support
    - Other considerations
  - Are you outgrowing Thea Render?
- Index

Title: SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization. Create stunning photorealistic and artistic visuals of your SketchUp models
Author: Robin de Jongh, Thomas Bleicher
Original title: SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization. Create stunning photorealistic and artistic visuals of your SketchUp models
ISBN: 9781783558421, 9781783558421
Date of issue: 2014-05-26
Format: Ebook
Item ID: e_3bmy
Publisher: Packt Publishing

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