Aaron2004 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Does anybody know how this company bakes lighting into their sketchup models? http://tbaking.in4lines.com/home-tbaking-service I'm experimenting with some real-time things in sketchup. Thanks, Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1d2d3d4d Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 i always thought Texture baking was a pain, their prices seem pretty reasonable for a big presentation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadmunkey Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I'm guessing they render your model out then use photomatching with the new textures. Seems like a long process, and judging by their pricing it seems very cheap for the amount of work they have to put in to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadmunkey Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 A bit more research suggests they just render out your texture map not the model and then reapply the baked texture. Seems more sensible and the process would be a lot faster too hence their pricing. Might have a go one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 No reason you couldn't render in max or any other 3D application to create the baked textures then reapply them in sketchup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexmonteiro Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 If anyone understand Chinese, I found this "Speed-GI Baking Tools For SketchUp" a few days, it seems interesting, but is only in chinese:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron2004 Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Mmm...thanks guys. Those answers are what i was suspecting. GI isn't important enough to pay extra money or spend extra time exporting. I was hoping for a simple plugin. Crossing my fingers they'll impliment it in the next version of Sketchup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadmunkey Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Aaron, have you checked out Light Up? http://www.light-up.co.uk/ It has real time rendering capabilities within sketchup and may do what you are looking to achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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