Rendering in SketchUp

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Rendering in SketchUp
Fig. 1.15: 
Campus building render (SU Podium), part of ASLA Sustainable Sites Animations
Fig. 1.16: 
Riverwalk render (Shaderlight), part of ASLA Sustainable Sites Animations
Fig. 1.17: 
Rapid City Plaza concept render (Twilight Render) 

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Part 1: Overview and Concepts
The processes described in this book will work with almost any integrated rendering pro-
gram, including:
Shaderlight, (
www.artvps.com
)
SU Podium (
www.suplugins.com
)
Twilight Render (
www.twilightrender.com
)
RenderPlus/RendernXt (
http://www.renderplus.com
) 
Light Up (
http://www.light-up.co.uk/
) 
LumenRT
 (
http://www.lumenrt.com/
) 
Maxwell for SketchUp (
http://www.maxwellrender.com/#
)
Render[in] (
http://www.renderin.com/
) 
Renditioner (
http://www.idx-design.com/
) 
VRay (
http://www.vray.com/vray_for_sketchup/
) 
The processes will also work, to some extent, with many studio rendering programs. A list 
of such programs compatible with SketchUp can be found on the SketchUp website (
www 
.sketchup.com
). 
This book focuses on three IRPs to emphasize the universal nature of the book’s rendering 
processes, to expose readers to multiple IRPs, and to provide readers with options in terms of 
which IRP to use. While the book and online chapters describe some unique features of each 
IRP, they do not address every tool and function that the IRPs offer. Instead, they emphasize 
getting immediate rendering results and learning to use the base functions of each program. 
Chapters discussing Shaderlight are included in Part 6. Downloadable chapters on Twilight 
Render are available at the author’s official website (