
For example, the below example if of transparent material that only has colors. This is most apparent in material that only has color but not textures. SU Podium Version 2.x supports color in reflections of light passing through colored translucent material. This is useful information to have when you contact Cadalog for support or share information on the Forum. The information will contain the Podium version, rendering engine version number, preset used, time to render and the pixel size of the image. If this option is turned on, the rendered image will display an information bar at the bottom of the image. This will apply a caustic effect to transparent materials, globally.Ĭlay is where textures are ignored and the entire model is rendered in the default, front face color of SketchUp - like a clay model. Soft Omni Lights is discussed in more detail in Light Section. However, if you want soft shadows to be applied to omni lights to create a natural lighting effect, turn this on. The default setting is for this option to be checked off. This is a global setting for omni or point lights. This video demonstrates how light levels change in the render when the intensity and exposure sliders are adjusted. Note: When your SketchUp shadows are on, Sun light is on regardless of what background option has been selected. These styles are simply modified SketchUp sky and background colors, and are described here. We have made some SketchUp styles to help you. SketchUp Styles: In some cases, you may want to turn off Physical Sky and use your own SketchUp styles. If your SketchUp Shadows are on, change the time of day of month so the sun is at a different angle.You can also turn off or on SketchUp's Sky. Go to SketchUp Styles and then to Background.TurSketchUp sky option:n off Physical Sky in the SU Podium Options/Environment dialog.You may want to do a night rendering or need others atmospheres or you may find the physical sky is too bright and want to control background light with SketchUp colors.

There are situations that you do not want the physically accurate sky simulation. If you don’t like this effect and/ or want to have control of the sky color as well as additional control of sun light, do the following: The color will depend on the time of the day and year that your SketchUp shadows are set to. Physical Sky has a sky color gradient that you can not control. For this reason, we kept the first physical sky, which remains a useful option for daytime renderings. During daylight hours, Physical Sky 2 is slightly brighter with a more cyan tone than Physical Sky 1.

Physical Sky will ignore the SketchUp background colors but rather is controlled by the preset variables, time day and year, location. When 'Physical Sky 1 or 2' is selected, Podium calculates and displays sky turbidity (haziness caused by particles suspended in the atmosphere) and depth. Select 'Podium' from the styles drop-down to access these styles.īackground settings - Podium Physical Sky 1 & 2:
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rbz install, you will need to install these Podium Styles manually. Dark, Dark night, and Twilight are all suitable for rendering night scenes. Tip - There are five custom SketchUp styles in a Podium folder that can be used with the default background setting. The default setting is a good way to render with a solid background color of your choosing.

When 'Default' is selected, Podium will use your current SketchUp background color and/or SketchUp Sky settings (set in your SketchUp Style) for the background color of the rendered image. This is also where HDR image-based lighting can be turned on. The Environment tab contains Podium's global settings for background, sky, lighting intensity, and several on/off checkboxes that control miscellaneous render settings.
