Rendering a rustic kitchen with SU Podium
Chapter marks / timestamps below.
This video is a real-time demonstration of the process to clean up and organize an imported model from Chief Architect, and then render an interior kitchen scene with SU Podium for SketchUp.
Note - The first twelve minutes are focused solely on model cleanup/prep to make the imported geometry easier to work with in SketchUp. If you are already familiar with grouping, tags/layers, and general SketchUp organization, you can probably skip to the 09:50 timestamp where we start talking about setting the camera and lighting.
Timestamps: Use the following links to jump to a specific topic
- 00:00 - Project intro
- 00:39 - Model cleanup and grouping
- 07:32 - Checking for reversed faces
- 09:50 - Setting up a render camera and focal length
- 11:58 - Adding natural sun/sky llighting
- 19:18 - Artificial lighting setup
- 28:35 - Adding material properties
- 42:24 - Using the nudge tool to break up regularity
- 46:01 - Adjusting outdoor environment
- 51:45 - Using Fredo RoundCorner plugin to bevel edges
- 55:55 - Adding hidden LEM lights to boost lighting
- 1:01:18 - Final render settings
- 1:03:15 - Post processing and final render
- 1:04:40 - Using Podium image editor
- 1:08:07 - More in-depth post processing with Photoshop
