Posts by mannyl

Nice study model. Very slick!

Hi Demian,

Please take a close look at the third image. On the bottom right hand corner there is a dolphin jumping above the water, but there is also an orange artifact in the rendering matching the length of the dolphin. Looks like slightly orange color water or reflection.

This artifact also rendered in an animation of this scene.

Even though the dolphins are the same component only this particular one is associated with this artifact.

What do you think may be causing this accidental visual effect?

Hi Demian,

In my experience I find the Asset Library so useful I am relying on it almost exclusively for my entourage needs. As it grows and includes more asset categories I see little need for outside entourage components.

I do not recall a situation where asset and/or component changes have affected my workflow, but I use SketchUp Pro all the time, perhaps this is more of an issue with other platforms. That said, I find ongoing asset performance optimization more relevant than finer detail, only because most of my work is master planning so the overall picture is more important to me that close up features.

This brings us to another though; high-level vs low-level asset detail (and perhaps this has already been discussed elsewhere)

Perhaps in the future the asset library may showcase a specific category for low-level of detail/high performance assets specifically created for master planning or high-level urban planning, like generic buildings, clusters of trees or tree canopies, very low poly people or crowds, parking lot striping or top deck garage parking and streetscape elements intentionally designed to be seen from afar or elevated bird's eye POV.

And since we are on the topic, a few nice looking clouds that could be positioned/scaled at will would be nice. Bird's eye views looking through an opening in the clouds without having to Photoshop those cloud effects in Post would be very cool!

Very cool idea/game! Takeshi's Castle lends itself to further architectural re-interpretations and I wonder how these would look rendered with Enscape? I think this would be a very interesting design exercise.

Thanks for sharing!

Vue Ozone has been retired from the market but e-on software still offer this cloud creation solution via their professional subscription package.

Apparently cloud elements generated with the e-on application can be imported via OpenVDB.

I wonder if this OpenVDB capability is something the SketchUp software should provide or whether Enscape may work out a way to import OpenVDB files in the future. (Or even better, add a cloud collection to the Asset Library)

Impressive renderings!

Is the moving cars effect result of post processing or an Enscape feature?

By the way, the roads in Las Vegas, Nevada look just like that, cracked because of the extreme heat in the summertime and extreme cold in winter.

Thomas, do you think thad a selective lens flare effect may be implemented in Enscape, perhaps in a future update?

Fantastic rendition by the way!

Awesome renderings!

I was just wondering, if you were to use a foot print image as a bump or reflection map, would it look like footsteps on the dust on the floor?

That guy from the asset library is so vain! 😁

The rain water drops on the storefront glass is a very cool trick! You nailed it. Thank you for sharing the process.

This is a great example of visual storytelling. Now we need the Enscape team to create people in the rain and people looking at the people in the rain assets!😄

The late afternoon Florida sun tends to throw a particularly warm light on the scene, especially in August. This atmospheric effect is even more prominent after summer thunderstorms, when a thin vail of humidity may linger in the air.

Here we see that look as an advantage, but you would have to experience it in person to better grasp my point. It’s a Florida vacation moment kind of a thing, and Enscape is proving instrumental in helping us achieve that kind of look.

Now, the jelly looking blobs in the bird’s eye view, that was me just being lazy. 😀. I didn’t have enough information to build the existing resort buildings and just placed a ‘pudding’ like placeholder instead .

Thank you for your observations though. I appreciate your point of view.

Awesome gritty effects! Very impressive.

Your work is great!

For the last image, I would have done something different with the foreground foliage, but I do not see it as bad. Looks like a stalker is hiding in the bushes!

That feature alone is worth the wait!

Yesterday the Orlando Business Journal published a news release and a slideshow for a new architectural project our firm, Fugleberg Koch of Winter Park, Florida is currently working on.

Orlando Business Journal - The Grove Resort news release

We used SketchUp Pro 2017 and Revit 2018 to develop our design ideas and Enscape 2.5 to produce the rendering views included in the OBJ slideshow.

We took this opportunity to explore Enscape 2.5 full capabilities, and we are very pleased with the end result. All the entourage you see in those views and the ones attached to this post came directly from Enscape's Asset Library; the textures are from various free sources including FormFonts and 3D Warehouse.

I hope you enjoy these images.

Found it! It is perched on the right arm rest. Too bad The Throne is all melted now.