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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

Create stunning photorealistic and artistic visuals of your SketchUp models

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Jan 2025
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Key Features

    Book Description

    Beginning with a quick start tutorial which will get you up and running with SketchUp 2014 quickly, you will move on to learning the key skills you will need to wow your clients with stunning visualizations through a series practical steps, tips and tricks. If you are a SketchUp user, from an amateur right through to an architectural technician, professional architect, or designer, this is the book for you. This book is also suitable as a companion to any architectural design or multimedia course, and is accessible to anyone who has learned the basics of SketchUp.

    What you will learn

    • Produce a photorealistic rendering of a scene modeled in SketchUp
    • Render ultrarealistic soft shadows from multiple light sources
    • Master the low polygon modeling techniques that you need to adopt for visualizations
    • Work with texturing techniques utilizing PhotoMatch and your own digital photos
    • Enhance your models by adding depth of field and other postprocessing tricks in GIMP
    • Devise movieset scenes to digitally photograph your projects
    • Enhance your SketchUp scenes by adding lamps, sun, and sky lighting
    • Add smooth camera paths for airborne and walkthrough animations
    • Learn all of the simple tricks to ensure you get greatlooking models when rendered

    Who this book is for

    Table of Contents

      PDF ISBN: 978-1-78355-842-1
      Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
      Copyright owner: © 2014 Packt Publishing Limited
      Publication date: 2025
      Language: English
      Pages: 448
      Related subjects:
      Computer sciences,
      Computer sciences, other
      BISAC subjects:
      COM071000,
      COM072000,
      COM034000,
      COM089000,
      COM078000
      Thema subjects:
      UGV,
      UGN,
      UYM,
      UG,
      UYZF,
      UNC,
      UFG

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