SketchUp and V-Ray based tutorials (sometimes additional software depending on tutorial). Learn how to perfect your modeling with new post-processing skills, techniques and easy to follow step by step instructions provided by highly talented professional contributors.
VRayVolumeGrid is a special kind of volumetric effect that works with grid-based cache formats, compared to Environment Fog which is a general purpose volumetric effect. The Volumetric Grid reads its data from an input file which supports grid-based representation of the volume. Currently, VRayVolumeGrid supports three volume formats.
Achieve Realistic TV Lighting in V-Ray for SketchUp & Photoshop by Benedict Caliwara
The purpose of this tutorial is to explore the different techniques in visualizing TV screens with light effects using V-Ray for SketchUp and Photoshop.
How to Create your Own Materials in V-Ray 3.4 by Angie Soliman
- V-Ray is considered as one of the best rendering engine for SketchUp, but in order to really know how to perform impressive renderings, it is better to learn and gain knowledge. The V-Ray for SketchUp eBook offers you fast and efficient skill-building techniques to achieve awesome renderings in no time!
- Windows compatible 3D rendering software developed by Chaos Group.
- SketchUp Vray is a professional 3D rendering software which gives us photorealistic as well as real time rendering of our designed model in SketchUp. With this software we can get high quality of visualization of material of model which provides that model real world look.
- Hi, this is the first time I am providing my own voice, sorry for the bad English and accent. This tutorial is just to demonstrate and explore a new material.
In this tutorial you will create your own material to match your model, and you need to know exactly how to do so the right way, so you don’t mess up your model or final render.
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Exterior Render Settings (V-Ray 3.4 for SketchUp) by Benedict Caliwara
In order to fully understand the possible render output in V-Ray for SketchUp, using various environment settings, I made a simple rendering experimentation that highlights different parameters or settings which generally affect the tonality and atmosphere of the rendered image output.
Wrapper Material and Matte Shadow Tutorial by Benedict Caliwara
In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to render this matte/shadow pass using V-Ray 3.4 for SketchUp.
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Day Scene V-Ray 3.4 for SketchUp by Thilina Liyanage
This is a tutorial for a day scene using V-Ray 3.4 for SketchUp, including material settings, light settings and render settings.
Making of Container House: SketchUp, V-Ray and Post-Production Tutorial by Benedict Caliwara
In this tutorial, you’re going to learn how to use Photoshop and Picasa for post-production. Post-production is important to all visualizers and deserves an in-depth study and analysis.
Dusk Scene Tutorial – a commercial development by Bong Bernabe
In this tutorial, Senior Architect Bong Bernabe, shows us how to produce a nice dusk scene using his SketchUp model of a commercial property, V-Ray for SketchUp and finally some post processing in Photoshop.
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The Making of Apartment Interior by Virgo Oktaviano
Architect and designer, Virgo Oktaviano from Jakarta in Indonesia, shows how to layout and setup this interior apartment scene. He uses SketchUp and V-Ray for Sketchup with some final post processing in Photoshop to complete this stunning room.
Making of 3 Storey House Exterior by Myren June
Architectural designer Myren June shows us his workflow and settings in this exterior render using SketchUp, V-Ray and Photoshop.
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Car Paint and Studio Setup– SketchUp and V-Ray by Majid Yeganegi
This tutorial is focused on ‘How create a car paint’ and a ‘Studio set up’ for car rendering using V-Ray for SketchUp.
Interior Design of a Living Room by Mario Goleš
Mario Goleš is a very talented interior designer and 3D architectural visualizer, currently working and based in Zagreb, Croatia. He shares this detailed workflow in the production of an interior living room design. There is a lot of good solid information here with many tips to suit all levels of experience. This tutorial can only be described as the ‘How and Why’ of good rendering. Some working knowledge of SketchUp and V-Ray is needed to follow and understand this tutorial.
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Making of Old Town by Zernan Suarez
3D Vizualiser and Graphic designer Zernan Suarez has produced this tutorial for us, covering scene set-up, materials, both day and night renders and NPR. Software used includes SketchUp, V-Ray for SketchUp, Photoshop and the freeware filter software FotoSketcher. Included in this comprehensive tutorial are downloads to help you follow along if you wish.
Making of Balcony Pool – day and night by Ricardo Cossoli
This tutorial is based on an outdoor day render (natural lighting) and a night time render (artificial lighting). The challenge I set myself was to assemble both different lighting scenes in the same model and configure all materials so they respond well in both cases (both day and night). I hope I’ve succeeded.
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Lighting with V-Ray for SketchUp – definitive guide part 3 by Nomer Adona
This tutorial is Nomer Adona’s third in his unique tutorial series, ‘Lighting with V-Ray for SketchUp’. This tutorial focuses on ‘Studio Lighting’. In this tutorial you will learn how to set up a simple studio scene, how a professional photographers set up their studio lighting and how to simulate this lighting using V-Ray rectangular and omni lights.
Glass Reflection Effect – SketchUp and V-Ray by Jonathan Pagaduan Ignas
Let’s get that reflection onto your glass, for added realism. Architectural 2D to 3D visualizer and graphic artist Jonathan Pagaduan Ignas shows you how in this great little tutorial he has contributed to us here at SketchUpArtists.
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Lighting with V-Ray for SketchUp – definitive guide part 2by Nomer Adona
Part 2 of the definitive guide to lighting with V-Ray for SketchUp by Nomer Adona. Part 1 in this series can be found here. Nomer Adona continues his great collection of lighting tutorials to help you get to grips with and simplify this often complex process, with some easy solutions to this often frustrating and confusing aspect to rendering. In this guide Nomer checks out Emissve materials to help light your SketchUp models.
Lighting with V-Ray for SketchUp – definitive guide part 1by Nomer Adona
Nomer Adona shows you how, with the basics, to create a realistic lampshade material and how to position the rectangular lights to achieve the right effect for your shade, using up to date releases of V-Ray for SketchUp. Its a must for those struggling with lighting and those who want to know how the experts do it. There will be more to come in this mini series of lighting tutorials.
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V-Ray for SketchUp – super crash course by Steven Man
This tutorial is a quick overview on Steven’s settings used in the render of a SketchUp model of an indoor swimming pool. Its not about modeling or materials but more about what Steven has learned from his experience with V-Ray for SketchUp.
Basic IES Light Tutorial using V-Ray for SketchUp by Nomer Adona
Nomer produces another IES lighting tutorial showing the basic steps in using V-Ray for SketchUp 1.48.90 and future releases. Previously he had used 1.48.66 in his first IES tutorial, IES Light Tutorial using V-Ray for SketchUp. In this tutorial Nomer keeps it simple and gets you into the whole concept of using IES lighting quickly and effectively with the latest release of this SketchUp plug-in.
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Using HDRI in V-Ray for SketchUp by Nomer Adona
HDRI stands for High Dynamic Range Imaging. It is a technique that allows a larger span or range of luminance between the light and dark areas of an image. You can use image editing software to create HDRI images. In this tutorial I will not talk about how to create them but rather how to use them in V-Ray for SketchUp.
IES Light Tutorial using V-Ray for SketchUp by Nomer Adona
The latest version of V-ray for SketchUp (ver. 1.48.66) has the new added feature of IES Lights and Spotlights. V-Ray works within the SketchUp environment allowing users to be able to efficiently incorporate the task of rendering within their current workflow. In this simple tutorial we are going to set up three basic pin lights.
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Making of a Classic Room by Ricardo Cossoli
The ‘Classic Room’ scene was fully modeled in Google SketchUp with the help of some free available plug-ins. It is a classic style room with details of moldings, illuminated with natural light from the scene and only the light support in the middle of the room is a resolved V-Ray emitting material.
A Quick and Simple Render Technique by ‘Mr Wip’
While trying to evolve in the cruel world of virtual rendering, you may have seen many tutorials, all presenting super advanced master techniques, but you can’t stop feeling that their starting point is always a bit above your current skills, and their goal far away from your current needs.
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Making of Beauty Salon by Do Phu Hoang Nguyen – Phunguyen
In this V-Ray for SketchUp tutorial Do Phu Hoang Nguyen covers the use of materials and light to create this interior lighted Beauty Salon image.
The Making of Bahamas by Nguyen Tran Huy Vu
In this tutorial we are featuring “The making of the Bahamas Villa”. A competition work by an architectural student from Vietnam, Nguyen Tran Huy Vu. In his tutorial he demonstrates the basics of SketchUp to 3DS Max & V-Ray workflow.
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To get started you'll need to download and install the V-Ray for SketchUp extension. You can download the Installer from the 'My Products' page for your account.
Before you get started, it's important that you confirm your system is able to use V-Ray. Below are the recommended system requirements as indicated by Chaos.
System Requirements
- Processor: 1st Gen Intel® Core™ or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64).
- RAM: Minimum 8 GB RAM, recommended 16 GB RAM.
- Hard Disk Space: Minimum 2GB, recommended 12GB (includes additional downloadable content.)
- TCP/IP: Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported.
- Operating System: Windows® 8.1, Windows 10.
- SketchUp Version: SketchUp 2021 (V-Ray 5 for SketchUp, as included in the Studio Subscription, requires SketchUp 2021)
- GPU Support: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta- and Turing-based NVIDIA card(s) with latest video driver or at least version 411.31. For more info, see GPU Rendering.
V-Ray Vision requires a Graphics card with DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 and Shader Model 5.0 capabilities.
Installing V-Ray for SketchUp
Step By Step Instructions
When you're ready to get started, follow the steps below to install V-Ray for SketchUp
- Download the V-Ray for SketchUp installer, available here.
- Locate the installer and double-click to launch, EXE.
- Please review the license agreement and click Next for your installation options.
- You're prompted for the version of SketchUp you're using, choose 'SketchUp 2021' and click Install
- Selecting 'Advanced' will give you option to install the Chaos Swarm and specify licensing options. Note that V-Ray for SketchUp Studio requires the 'Local' option for licensing.
- After the installation you'll have some additional options to share anonymous usage data with Chaos Group, and to review the Release Notes for the current version.
- Clicking 'Done' will close the installer and you should be ready to authorize and use the software;
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Authorizing V-Ray for SketchUp Studio
Once you've completed the installation you can launch SketchUp. Upon opening SketchUp after the install process you'll be prompted to 'Sign in with Trimble' which will open a browser.
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Once you've signed in with your Trimble ID you're finished and can return to SketchUp and start using V-Ray.