February 2015 - Mid Month Thoughts

Top View Trees for Landscapes

Top View and Side View trees in layers

Top View Trees are special images created with RpTreeMaker which add detail to Top View Landscape renderings.

By storing 3D view images and Top View images in the same tree Component, in different layers it is easy to include your trees in multiple SketchUp views.

You can even automatically turn the tree layers on and off in your saved SketchUp view scenes.

• See: Top View Trees for Landscapes

HDRi Skies

HDRi skies for background, illumination and/or reflection

HDRi Skies are special images to represent skies which contain extra information about intensities of the colors.

HDRi (high dynamic range imaging)is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRi is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows.

IRender nXt offers support for HDRi Skies - used as visible skies, as sky reflections and for illumination from the Sky.

• See: HDRi Skies