This document is a tutorial that provides step-by-step instructions for modeling an old town scene in SketchUp, rendering it in V-Ray, and post-processing the render in Photoshop and FotoSketcher. It includes instructions for setting up materials, lighting, rendering settings, and techniques for adding volumetric lights, adjusting colors and effects, and creating a non-photorealistic render of the night scene. The tutorial contains 53 steps with images to illustrate each step of the process.

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T U T O R I A L S
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THE MAKING . . .
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SKETCHUP MODEL | VISOFT | VISMAT | POST PROCESS | FOTOSKETCHER

2. THE MAKING | SKETCHUP VRAY VERSION 1.48.91
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3. 1. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE MODEL SET OF COMPONENTS WITH CAMERA POSITION.
2. HERE’S THE WHOLE SCENARIO WITH COPIED MODEL COMPONENTS AND REFLECTED SUN SHADOWS.
3. JUST ROUGH TEST RENDER WITH OVERRIDE MATERIALS EXCEPT THE GLASS WINDOW.
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4. 4. TRANSLUCENT GLASS MATERIAL SETTING - REFLECTION MATERIAL EDITOR SETTINGS
5. TRANSLUCENT GLASS MATERIAL SETTING - REFLECTION 1
6. TRANSLUCENT GLASS MATERIAL SETTING - DIFFUSE
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5. 7. GLASS MATERIAL SETTING - REFRACTION ( DOWNLOAD ) MATERIAL EDITOR SETTINGS
8. METAL BLACK MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD )
9. CONCRETE MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD )
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6. 10. FLOORING MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD ) MATERIAL EDITOR SETTINGS
11. WOOD MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD )
12. TILE MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD )
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7. 13. WICKER MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD ) MATERIAL EDITOR SETTINGS
14. EMISSIVE MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD )
15. CONCRETE MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD )
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8. 16. CONCRETE MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD ) MATERIAL EDITOR SETTINGS
17. WOOD MATERIAL SETTING ( DOWNLOAD )
18. METAL MATERIAL SETTING - REFLECTION
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9. MATERIAL EDITOR SETTINGS
19. METAL MATERIAL SETTING - DIFFUSE ( DOWNLOAD )
20. GRASS MATERIAL SETTING - DIFFUSE AND BUMPS ( DOWNLOAD )
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10. 21. EMISSIVE MATERIALS LIGHT SETTINGS
22. IES SETTING
23. TIPS AND TRICKS TO AVOID FROM CRASHING YOUR RENDERING. OPTION EDITOR SETTINGS
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11. OPTION EDITOR SETTINGS
24. ADJUST NOISE THRESHOLD FROM .01 TO .002 TO REMOVE THE SPLOTCHES IN THE SCENE.
25. SUN SETTING
26. DAY SCENARIO - HIDE THE OMNI AND EMISSIVE LIGHTS
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12. OPTION EDITOR SETTINGS
27. I ALWAYS DO TEST RENDER JUST TO CHECK IF MY GLOBAL ILLUMINATION AND SHADOW ARE OK.
28. DAY SCENE RENDER WITH ADJUSTED COLOR CORRECTIONS.
CLICK AND DRAG
CLICK AND DRAG
RAW IMAGE PNG FILE DAY SCENE
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13. 29. HDRI SETTING OPTION EDITOR SETTINGS
30. NIGHT SCENE RENDER WITH ADJUSTED COLOR CORRECTIONS.
CLICK AND DRAG
CLICK AND DRAG
RAW IMAGE PNG FILE NIGHT SCENE
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14. 31. OPEN THE RAW IMAGE OR ADJUSTED COLOR CORRECTION FROM SKETCHUP RENDER OUTPUT.
32. ADJUST BRIGHTNESS / CONTRAST
33. ADDING BACKGROUND IN THE SCENE
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15. 34. PUT LAYER BACKGROUND BELOW THE RENDER IMAGE.
35. REMOVING SKY USING LASSO TOOL.
36. PUT DIFFERENT NIGHT SKY BACKGROUND AND PUT BELOW THE MOUNTAIN LAYER.
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16. 37. SELECT LAYER MOUNTAIN AND ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST.
38. FOLLOW BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST PARAMETERS.
39. ADD SOME EFFECTS IN THE WATER, USING LASSO TOOL SELECT WITH THE RED LINE USE FEATHER
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17. 40. THEN ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST.
41. HERE I WILL SHOW YOU ON HOW TO ADD VOLUME LIGHTS IN WHITE BULB.
42. IN RENDER IMAGE LAYER SELECT ALL THE WHITE BULB USING MAGIC WAND.
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18. 43. THEN SELECT THE NEW LAYER AND FILL WITH COLOR WHITE.
44. DUPLICATE THE SAME LAYER.
45. THERE ARE TWO LAYERS WITH FILL OF WHITE NOW.
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19. 46. SELECT THE DUPLICATE LAYER THEN MAKE GAUSSIAN BLUR.
47. DUPLICATE THE SAME LAYER.
48. THE MORE YOU DUPLICATE THE LAYER . . . MORE VOLUME LIGHT EFFECTS.
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20. 49.THEN MAKE NEW LAYER AND PASTE PNG PEOPLE.
50. FINAL POST PROCESS NIGHT SCENE.
51. FINAL POST PROCESS DAY SCENE.
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21. 52.OPEN FINAL POST PROCESS NIGHT SCENE IN FOTOSKETCHER AND FOLLOW THE PARAMETERS.
53. FINAL (NPR) NON-PHOTOREALISTIC RENDER - NIGHT SCENE.
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