Architectural Rendering with SketchUp and Kerkythea

October 27, 2010

October 27th @ 2:00pm

So you’ve made that SketchUp model, and want to turn it into a funky architectural render. In this tutorial 3rd year architectural student Nick Howlett shows you how to get up to speed with Kerkythea and produce a desirable result with as little fuss as possible. All the important stuff to get you rendering quickly…

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New Render Styles by Jean-Luc Clauss

October 6, 2010

October 6th @ 4:00pm

Some new Styles by Jean-Luc, a new professional contributor here at SketchUpArtists.  Jean-Luc Clauss graduated in architecture and has many years of professional experience. Here is some of Jean-Luc’s collection with more to come!

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Kerkythea – take a deeper look at materials

October 1, 2010

October 1st @ 2:00 pm

This is part 2, and an extension to Majid’s  ‘KT Fast Start 4Architects‘. In this tutorial Majid goes further into the more advanced techniques in making materials, understanding their settings and then using them as a saved templates which can be edited later to suit your needs.

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Robin de Jong – SketchUp 7.1 for Architectural Visualization

October 1, 2010

October 1st @ 11:30 am

This week we are doing a Spotlight article on Robin de Jong and his recently published book,  SketchUp 7.1 for Architectural Visualization: Beginners Guide. Robin will also be contributing a great tutorial for us and this can be found in our tutorial section when it is published soon.

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