Category Archives: Tutorials
Getting the most from Shaderlight for SketchUp
Here at Shaderlight HQ, we’re often asked for our recommendations when customers are choosing a new computer to use for rendering. It’s an extremely difficult question to answer as every SketchUp model is different, and while we can test Shaderlight … Continue reading
Learn about Shaderlight Cloud Rendering
Shaderlight Cloud Rendering Shaderlight Cloud Rendering is the first and only SketchUp rendering plug-in to harness the power of Cloud computing. More and more Shaderlight customers are turning to the cloud when rendering high resolution images and animations. Not only … Continue reading
Streamline your SketchUp models for rendering with Replace Me
What is Replace Me? We all know that too many complicated or detailed components in your model can cause the performance of SketchUp to slow down and consequently, slow down your rendering. Shaderlight’s unique Replace Me feature allows you to … Continue reading
Rendering Glass
Rendering Glass in Shaderlight We often get asked about how to render glass – a difficult question to answer as it really depends on the type of glass you are trying to create. For example a double glazed frosted window would require different … Continue reading
Rendering a Night Scene in Shaderlight
A simple guide to rendering a night scene. Night scenes can often take a bit more time to set up than a daytime scene. The tricky part is getting the right balance between exposure and lighting. In this quick tutorial I am going … Continue reading
Learn about Materials
Shaderlight’s Material Editor has been developed so that it works out of the box. If you have applied a Material from the standard SketchUp collection, Shaderlight automatically assigns properties so that the material renders correctly. In order to create the perfect finish … Continue reading
Learn about lighting
The right lighting can make or break your render. To give you a helping hand, here’s a quick overview of the different types of artificial lights in Shaderlight and the best way to use them. Point Lights… Point Lights give … Continue reading
Using Skylight Portals in Shaderlight
What are Skylight Portals? How do they work? Where do they need to go? We often see these questions in support so we’ve put together this quick tutorial which should hopefully give you all the answers and help you make … Continue reading
Create your first Shaderlight Render in 7 simple steps…
So you’ve downloaded the Shaderlight 14 day trial – what next? If you’re new to rendering with Shaderlight you may need some help getting started. So for all you rookie renderers out there, we’ve put together this simple, 7 step … Continue reading
Create your own Replace Me components
Many of you tell us how you couldn’t live without Replace Me and how much you love using the trees and people that we have in our collection on 3D Warehouse however did you know you can create your own Replace Me … Continue reading
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