Twilight Render 1.4.5 Serial
Cara Eavey
Twilight Render is a photorealistic 3D rendering system for GoogleSketchUp, or shall we say just SketchUp, created as a plugin for the latter software. It integrates seamlesslyinto the program, and allows you to render your model whole working natively in the SketchUp interface. Then,the rendering engine is the product of the same people who created Kerkythea, which means a very healthy doseof awesomeness.
In other words, I was intrigued, and I decided to see if Twilight is useful and worth its price tag. The freeversion, much like Maxwell Render, comes with a limited resolution of only800px max. dimension, and it pastes two watermarks in the top left and bottom right corners. But perhaps, ifthe results are impressive enough, buying the program might not be so bad after all.
I'm just an average Joe, I work from nine to five ... No, not really. I work in the hi-tech industry and thatmeans three hours of real work at any given day at best. Anyhow, installing Twilight is a breeze. Next, youpick a model and start fiddling.
Twilight dynamically allocates cores for rendering, and its overall speed is comparable to its brother product,Kerkythea. However, the real fun is when you start editing thematerials. In this regard, Twilight uses the same logic as its family. You can select one of the materials fromthe model and then use a different texture from an existing basic set.
Overall, it worked fine, but I did not find the interface to be as intuitive as the full-blown one inKerkythea. The problem with SketchUp plugins is that they need to be smaller than the main interface, but thenyou end up with lots of options tabs and hidden menus and sub-categories, and then it all feels somewhatcrowded. You gain flexibility, but you do lose visibility.
Twilight Render is a solid product, but it does not gel with me. Not as smoothly and naturally as Kerkythea.That beauty was an instant click for some reason. And these kind of plugins, not so, Twilight included.Especially since the free version limits your ability to export hi-res images and the watermarks spoil yourability to impartially judge the quality of your work.
Render times were reasonable, the output is just as good as you would expect, but the touch and feel needspolish. And then, of course, there's the matter of price. You might ask yourselves what the best business modelfor the Twilight team is? Well, there's no simple answer, not when you build a beast like Kerkythea. But maybesell the program bundled with extras for money? Lots of materials and globals, add more import/export options,those kinds of things.
Anyhow, Twilight Render deserves 8.5/10. It's a nice program, but not as intuitive as Kerkythea. Materialmanagement is also more difficult than in Twilight, and it's hard to judge from the freeware 800px what it canreally do. Anyhow, you should definitely try it, and then decide whether you can afford the tag listed on thesite, a handsome 100 bucks.
My name is Frdric Yves Moro. I am a French interior designer/contractor. I design for all types of clients, and I enjoy creating 3D models, scenes and then developing them into reality. I have been using Google SketchUp for 3 years now and Twilight Render for a year. I do all my post processing with Neat Image and ACDSee Pro. This brief tutorial will take you through my process of creating this interior render. Model is available for download here.
Inside SketchUp, I setup the camera position, to get the view I want, and the shadow position. The shadow position is really important to give life to your scene. Twilight Render will render the scene with the sun position setup in SketchUp.
After leaving it over night to cook, I have my first render. I have to say that I have an old computer; you could probably have the same result with a better computer in 2 hours I think. Next I save my image, and now I am ready for a very short post process.
Click right on the image and process with ACDSee, my post processing only consists of increasing the contrast level, the exposure and the very cool temperature slider. It can really change the mood of the image.
Primeiramente Parabns pelo o timo trabalho que voc vem prestando a sociedade no meu ponto de vista se todos compartilhasse seu conhecimento nos teramos um mundo melhor,achei seu tutorial muito bom e de fcil entendimento Parabns pela a iniciativa.
Translation: Congratulations for this great work. In my view if everyone would share his knowledge it would be better world, I found your tutorial very good and easy to understand Congratulations on the initiative.
How is it possible to get this result in one night? I use demo version on my i7, 16gb ram, nvidia quadro K2000M at 800600 and it takes ages to get similar results. Is the demo version limited somehow?
Ol Frderic, gostei muito deste projeto seu e de todos os outros.
Tem como fazer tapetes felpudo no sketchup e vray com no 3ds max?.
Apesar que voc no usa o vray. Ou em outro renderizador como o thearender. Fica com Deus.
Thank you, this rendering is really great and works much better than V-Ray, no doubt (including rendering in 3ds max and Maya), because it is less pixelate and easier to control. Even with maximum image of 800/600px, still gets the job done.
Is there a way to adjust the size of the Background image ? When rendering in Twilight Render, the background image always appears too large, making the scenery in the Background image seem too close to the model ?
Thanks,
Gary Stanullwich
I have tried nearly all of the available rendering plugins for Sketchup and when it comes to architects and designers who do the occasional render now and then, I rate Twilight Render as the best rendering plugin for Sketchup in terms of being the easiest to use straight off the bat, balanced with cost and overall rendering output quality.
Features: It is a fully featured program with few compromises. You can use environment maps, produce caustics, ambient occlusion, IES light data files, biased and unbiased rendering modes, create animations, proxy instances, and a lot more. Twilight Render uses the Kerkythea rendering engine and there are a lot of free resources that you can download and add to your plugin. While Twilight Render appears to be quite easy to use, there is enough complexity in the software to satisfy the more expert users.
Price and Value for Money: This is where Twilight Render makes the other 3d plugins look silly. The commercial version of Twilight Render is US$99 (V-Ray is US$760) which makes economic sense for the architect or designer that might do a few renders every now and then. For the features and price, Twilight Render is good value.
But these units are only a part of the equation, since the perceived brightness of a light depends on the sensitivity of the viewer. In case of a physical camera, the sensitivity is controlled by its aperture, exposure time and film sensitivity (ISO). For example, a candle might light up an entire dark room, but is barely noticeable on a bright, sunny day. That's because the camera settings are adjusted to the overall brightness of the scene. This is called exposure control.
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