“(IRender nXt Cloud Rendering Service) We are now able to run a complete set of new renders before build, once the client has provided us with the final artwork and graphics, which was not always possible to timeframes before having to go to site and receiving final artwork.”
Perfect for architectural visualization, interior design, product rendering, and animated presentations, IRender SU makes it easy to achieve stunning, photorealistic images and animations, no matter your experience level.
- Seamless SketchUp integration
- Fast, high-quality rendering
- Realistic lighting & shadows
- Supports HDRi, reflections & transparency
- Create animations
- Easy for beginners & experts alike
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“When I was asked to find a rendering package for SketchUp, I tried 6 or 8 of them. Decided on IRender nXt because it was the easiest to use and get up to speed with.”
“Thank you so much. Real customer service. Amazing.”
“The ability to use different light sources and types of lighting is perfect.”
“Your program (IRender nXt) is very nice and our customers are always pleasantly surprised.”
“I am thoroughly enjoying the program and think it’s a great plugin.”
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“It (IRender nXt Cloud Rendering Service) has definitely added value to our business in terms of the amount of designs we can turnaround simultaneously. It is also great to use when travelling as everything is cloud based.”
“What is remarkable with this is how many high-quality images can be produced in such a short timeframe with IRender SU.”
“The IRender Batch Render option came in handy for this, because I was able to render out multiple views overnight, which allowed me to save time and budget on the project.”
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Key Features
Auto Reflection
Quickly create Auto Reflection for materials by using words like metal or plastic in a material name, and leave setting up the material properties for those styles to the software.
1-Click Rendering
Our Green Button 1-click rendering is all that many users need. Handy interior, exterior, HDRi, and studio presets enable you to quickly select an appropriate light setting for your scene.
Image Size and Resolution
Render to whatever resolution you decide, or choose from the presets provided, including options for the most popular social media platforms.
Render Ready Lights
Pick and place from our library of Render Ready lights. Or quickly create and customize your own ceiling, floor, table, point, spot or tube lights.
Materials
Material selection, editing, and placement is simple! Or create and name your own materials applying transparency, reflection and or texture as needed.
Create 2D/3D Plants
Choose from over 500 plants in our plant library or create your own. Render plants as 2D images or full 3D Fractal plants. Set plants to automatically change appearance to match the seasons making it easy show clients what landscaping will look like throughout the year.
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Detailed Feature List
More details, uses, and features for IRender nXt
Create your model with SketchUp, then render it with IRender SU. Easy to learn and use, you’ll be up and running in no time. There’s a full range of features that you will discover as you gain experience and want to extend your rendering skill. Some of the key properties in creating great renderings are lighting, shadows, and reflections. We make this easy through one click material presets, drop in lighting, and you can even adjust the lighting without rendering the model again.
- Compatible with all versions of SketchUp
- Simple to add materials library and one-click presets
- Lighting components to just drop in and render
- Multiple lighting channels – even adjust color and brightness after rendering is complete
- Support HDRi images for simple realistic lighting and backgrounds
- Render amazing images and panoramas
- Add or create 2D/3D Plants for realism and fast rendering
- Create animations with a simple setup wizard
Choose from 5,000 standard materials or create your own. The Materials Wizard provides multiple controls for a single material, including transparency, index of refraction for glass materials, and more. Use bump maps to give a material (with or without textures) a different appearance.
Auto Reflections to SketchUp materials – You can select auto reflections to automatically add reflection settings to SketchUp materials; you can even easily customize- Material Wizard
- Quick Presets – plastic, mirror, glass, water, etc
- Advanced materials properties if you need them
- Advanced reflections – mirrors, glass, hardwood floors, etc
- Realistic textures with bump maps to create realistic bricks, blocks, roofs, water, and more
- Water materials from smooth to rough and shallow to deep
- Grass and texture wizard
Auto Reflections to SketchUp materials – You can select auto reflections to automatically add reflection settings to SketchUp materials; you can even easily customizeLighting in 3D rendering makes all of the difference in creating photorealistic renderings. You can use our drag and drop lights, lighting presets, or quickly make your own custom lights.
Drag and drop, render ready interior and exterior lights, which are ready for you to adjust brightness, color, and lighting channel- Our light creation wizards enable you to quickly create your own custom lights
- Lighting rendering presets for studio, interior, exterior and more
- HDRi images provide quick drop in high quality lighting setup and background scenes
- Stop re-rendering for lighting changes! Our rendering software allows you to change lighting color, intensity, and even on or off for quick changes after rendering.
Drag and drop, render ready interior and exterior lights, which are ready for you to adjust brightness, color, and lighting channelIn addition to stunning, high quality rendered stills, IRender SU also provides tools to render panoramas and animations. While your clients will love your renderings, watch their faces when you show them an animated walk-through or panorama.
- Animations – Create a high-quality animation of a SketchUp model with IRender SU! Quickly setup your animation by creating the scenes to be included, define frames per second and image size, then render the resulting frames. Once frame rendering is complete you can simply create the movie!
- Panoramas – Create a full 360 degree panoramic image which can be turned into a movie and embedded in a web page. A panoramic image is created by rotating the camera while rendering to create a full 360 x 360 degree image. Panoramas work best with large interiors, or with exteriors which have a central point which lets you view the full model.
The IRender SU Image Editor enables you to easily make changes to an image after rendering is complete without having to re-render or use third party software.
Use the tools available via the Image Editor toolbar:
- Lighting Channels – Adjust the effect of sun, sky or groups of lights.
- Lighting Adjustments – Control image contrast, burn, color saturation and brightness.
- Material Channels – Adjust the color or luminance of pixels rendered.
- Image Filters – Choose from a range of filters to apply a dramatic new look.
- Haze and Fog – Apply haze or fog.
- Depth Blur – Adjust the near or far focus of your image.