Download User Manual - Twilight Render

Overview
Overview
To render your completed SketchUp model using Twilight follow these (6) simple steps.
1. Insert Lights (The physical Sun & Sky are automatically set using SketchUp's™ Sun and Shadow settings)
2. Apply Twilight Material Templates to SketchUp Materials (metal, glass, plastic, ceramic, stone, light emitter...)
3. Choose a Render Setting (quick, medium, high quality, or multiple unbiased progressive rendering methods are available)
4. Choose a Render Size (output resolution)
5. Start the Rendering
6. Save the Rendered Image
Great renderings need four (4) things.
1. Good Models (A poorly detailed model will look as such, or even more clearly so, in a rendering.)
2. Good Lighting (A well-lit model is simple in Twilight if you follow the principal of “light it as you would do so in real life”.)
3. Good Materials (Quality materials are key to convincing renderings. Learn to observe the world around you closely.)
4. A Quality Render Engine like Twilight Render.
The Twilight Toolbar
The Render Dialog button, or “Power Button,” for short, Opens the Rendering dialog allowing you to choose all rendering
parameters such as resolution, camera settings, animation settings, and to start your rendering.
The Omni Light Tool allows you to insert an Omni Light. An Omni Light casts equal amounts of light in all directions.
The Spot Light Tool allows you to insert a Spot Light. A spot light is manually adjustable to cast light in a certain direction
with a definable “HotSpot” angle and a “Falloff” angle.
The Light Editor Dialog (+Sky) is a listing of all lights in the scene, allowing easy access to full lighting control. This is
also where you can choose Sun & Sky parameters as well as utilize an HDR or Spherical Sky or other type of background
image.
The Material Tool allows you to quickly apply physically accurate material properties to any SketchUp material painted on
a face in your scene.
The Twilight Options allow you to set various advanced options for Twilight, as well as control licensing.
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