Wednesday, September 22, 2010

SketchUp-to-Maxwell rendering tutorials

I have a serious love/hate relationship with photo-realistic rendering. I'm completely intrigued by the drop-dead gorgeous images I come across every day, but I'm terrified by the prospect of ever having to produce any myself. Simply put, rendering seems hard – so hard that I don't even know where I'd begin. There are so many options...

"A mobile beachfront resort concept."
I found this SketchUp/Maxwell rendering on Ronen Bekerman's Flickr photostream.

I've heard lots of good things about Maxwell Render. When they sent me an email about a new series of Getting Started videos for their SketchUp plugin, I clicked on the link; I'm a total sucker for sexy renderings. I spent about 45 minutes watching the first four tutorials, and I have to say, I'm hooked.

If you've ever wondered about Maxwell, here's your chance. Clear an hour from your schedule, pour yourself some coffee, and find a comfy chair. I think it'll be worth your while.


Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp Evangelist
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3 comments:

  1. Ben LangfordSeptember 26, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    I would love to see these tutorials- but the link (even from Maxwell's site) will not load... hope they fix this soon. thanks for the post!

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  2. Jason MarantoSeptember 28, 2010 at 4:59 AM

    They were having some very severe technical problems with the servers but everything is back up now.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 3, 2012 at 5:02 AM

    sketchup rendering is one of the best field, I would love to do sketching ..and your image is really look like realistic.

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