Top 3D rendering Plug-ins for SketchUp
SU Podium
In the world of SketchUp plug-ins, SU Podium represents another heavy hitter. Brighter 3D is more expensive, but this plug-in offers just as many features. Photorealistic rendering is the main focus of SU Podium.
Architectural renderings and natural landscape renders are incredibly easy to create using them. In addition to its library of useful materials, Podium has a large library of rendering programs. This library enables you to create realistic surface textures with bump maps and reflections.
Lighting is one of the areas in which Podium excels both inside and outside. Both the sun and the sky uses as sources of natural light. Your renderings will look much better if they incorporate dynamic lighting and tonal effects. In addition, you can post-process photographs with the Podium. It lets you edit the final Bitmap renders created. Thus, you can edit images without using a dedicated photo editing program like Light room or Photoshop.
Brighter 3D
SketchUp users are probably familiar with Brighter 3D, a popular 3D rendering plugin. The trial version is free while the Pro version costs 99 dollars. You can only create renders at a limited resolution with the free version. A powerful noiseless rendering technique uses in this plug-in. Both beginners and professionals will find this simple to use.
Brighter 3D offers a huge selection of materials and lighting features. Lighting can be created artificially, naturally, and even in High Dynamic Range Imaging.
In addition to reflecting and refracting light, the materials allow you to create a realistic surface. There aren’t too many requirements for the system. A 1.5GHz multi-core processor and 8GB of RAM highly recommended.
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