-- Podium works entirely inside SketchUp and uses SketchUp’s surfaces, textures, views, background color and shadows to produce photo-realistic images.It also works with SketchUp groups. Anyone familiar with SketchUp modeling features will find Podium to be very easy to use. It does not require you to learn a lot of complicated rendering techniques.
-- Podium employs a very simple user interface inside SketchUp. The two main options in the user interface are the amount of lighting and the amount of reflection applied to each surface
How it works
1. Select any surface or face in your SketchUp model by clicking on it
2. While the surface is highlighted, pick a value for reflection by moving the Reflect slide bar in the Podium UI.
3. Paint a texture or color to the surface you previously selected
4. Render it and examine the Preview image.
-- Podium will create renderings of your SketchUp scene by simulating the reflection of light on each SketchUp surface. By default, Podium applies Sky Light light source to the scene.You can create an effective rendering by applying an amount of Podium’s reflection on SketchUp surfaces. In addition,by painting surfaces with colors or texture, the rendered image will look realistic.
-- You can also change the lighting and reflection effect by changing SketchUp’s background color or adding SketchUp shadows. For example, you can create an evening image by choosing a dark background color in SketchUp. You can also create different effects by using or not using SketchUp shadows. For interior designs, Podium also provides omni lights which will further provide realism to your image.
-- Another important feature to Podium is the Light feature. This feature is shown in the user interface as Light. When applied to a surface or a group, Light creates an artificial light source. For example, you may want to create the effect of a fluorescent light or a TV screen illuminating a room. Light applied to a single surface will emit in one direction. These are called LEMs. Light applied to a SketchUp group will emit in all directions like a light bulp. These are called Omni lights.
-- Podium employs Global Illumination (GI) and Ray tracing to create photo-realistic images. Ray tracing simulates the path of a ray of light as it would be absorbed or reflected by various SketchUp surfaces.GI is an algorithm that takes into account not only the light which comes directly from a light source like Sky Light (direct illumination), but also subsequent cases in which light rays from the same source are reflected by other surfaces in the scene (indirect illumination).For more information about Ray tracing and GI, please read about it in Wikipedia.org.
Render image sizes:
Commercial version of Podium supports rendered image sizes (JPG, PNG and HDR) of 230X150, 640X480, 1024X768, 2048X1536, 3076X2304 and the entire SketchUp Viewport resolution of your computer screen
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