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SketchUp Plugins - Rendering and Animation Software for SketchUp

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Options Menu
Click here to watch the Introduction to V2 video which explains the user interface in detail.

The Options menu has important settings that allow you to choose presets, resolution
size for the rendered image, image file format (JPG/PNG/HDR), transparent, where to
save your rendered images andvarious Environment settings such as Physical Sky vs
SketchUp Sky, sun exposure and intensity, caustic, clay and soft omni lights.

1. Presets
There are three categories of presets that have been crafted for certain rendering environments. Presets were created to control hidden variables that effect things like Physical Sky’s turbidity, sun brightness and contrast, ray trace bounces, amount ofambient
light, tone mapping variables, anti-aliasing, etc.
The categories of presets are default, exterior and interior. The presets are saved in the
http://www.suplugins.com/help/options.php#presets

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Preset folder in the SU Podium V2 folder. Presets can be
opened and edited with a texteditor if you know what you
are doing.
This page does not describe how to edit the presets. If you do
desire to edit the presets, visit the the Preset Page. Presets
have a file extensions of .pps. This means that your Windows
Explorer or Mac OS may confuse the preset file for a PowerPoint file. Make sure you open a preset with a text editor like
Notepad.
The fastest raytracing preset isdefault. However, default preset has not been calibrate
for exterior or interior SketchUp environments. Default is a general purpose preset.
Interior and Exterior presets have been crafted for the SketchUp Interior or Exterior environment. Interior would be defined as a model or scene that is indoors. Exterior
would be primarily an outdoor environment. There are four types of interior and fourtypes of exterior presets.
Interior presets. Currently there are four which include the default, high, QMC
and Preview versions. The most widely used interior preset is the interior_default.pps. The interior presets have increased levels of global illumination. The best use
of the interior presets are with interior models. You will notice that interior presets
expose a lot of light. Thereforeexperimenting with this preset and how much light
is in the interior space that you are rendering is important. Please read here on Tips
for Interior Lighting.
The QMC presets are the highest quality but will take the longest to render.
QMC presets are good to get rid of blotches if you have a blotches problem.
See here about blotches.
The Preview presets have minimize resampling phase whichincludes means
very little anti-aliasing so are good for quick previews but not for final renderings.
Exterior presets. Exterior presets are made for exterior renderings. Exterior presets
http://www.suplugins.com/help/options.php#presets

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are highly recommended for exterior renderings that usesun and sky as a primary
source for light. There are default, high, QMC and Preview types of Exterior presets.
Exterior lighting is greatly effected by whether or not SU Podium's Physical
Sky is used, whether or not SketchUp Shadows are on (sun light), and the if
Physical Sky is not on, how dark the background color of the SketchUp environment is, the color of the textures. Please read thesection below on items in
the Environment tab to understand your various sky options. Also read about
setting up your model for Exterior renderings here.
Please take a look at this FAQ section for information on sun and sky brightness and how to best control this. Click Here.
Preset Alternatives. Take a look at the Presets page to see what other presets are available for download.

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