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

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