A lot of us have been following the movie creation of Joel Metzger (aka “JoelM3DM”) who has just updated his Intro on his Treasure Inside site. “This new intro is 3 minutes long (3:25 to be exact) and clearly states the thinking behind the series” he says. You can watch the video below. Also, if [...]
A new version of Lumion 3D (SP 2, Build 4) has just been released. Although this is “only” a new build for Service Pack 2, as we are getting used to it, the Lumion Team does not only fix bugs but also includes new features with each new build or service pack. A concise list [...]
SketchUcation Community Forum member Joel Metzger has published his newest movie “Not Noticed But Obvious” on his Treasure Inside site. “I live my days playing the game of My Life … and I find that I stand on a layer … the life that allows me to play… All visual metaphors I made up about [...]
Guzman Tierno amazed us with his students (junior high at around 13) and what they do in Google SketchUp. This time they created an epic movie about the Troy War. What a fantasy indeed (Brad Pitt can hide in shame) See the SketchUcation Forum discussion here. [youtube width="480" height="295"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcYCuhTgwqY[/youtube]
SketchUcation Community member “Speaker” posted an excellent animation of Luxo in the classic Pixar Animation studios logo remade in SketchUp, animated with Sketchy Physics and finally rendered with Podium. “I began this by finding a great high poly model of Luxo in the warehouse which I then remodelled and grouped so it was then about [...]
“To figure out the hight of a building you can use a combination of “Match Photo” in SketchUp and Google Earth imagery. After you have traced the photo in SketchUp, import Google Earth imagery. Measure the length of the building on Google Earth. Rescale the model using this length. You will now have a better [...]
SketchUcation Community Forums member “•BTM” has plunged into ruby scripting and immediately came out with an amazing plugin; “Point Merger”, which allows users to merge endpoints with each other or to nearest edges within a given distance. It will definitely be very useful for cleaning up “messy” meshes. Read more or watch his demonstration video [...]
Made from the excellent model of our “Historic English Buildings” modeller, Tom Harvey, SketchUcation Community Forums member “Speaker” has posted a beautiful animation compiled partly from Google Earth, partly from Podium results. Visit the topic here or watch the video below:
A cool walkthrough video was posted in the SketchUcation Community Forums Gallery by “bertb”. It is indeed amazing what you can do real time in SketchUp with LightUp after it has rendered your scene. Watch the video:
Earlier this week, Google released tens of thousands of new 3D buildings in Japan. Major Japanese cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto have joined the growing list of cities and towns prominently displayed in Google Earth’s 3D buildings layer. Read more.
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