Animations

Animations

Exporting animations is also a simple operation, although it will tie up your computer for many hours. Click the Animation tool.

Figure 14.10 Animation options 

These are similar options to the basic SketchUp animation export, although you can now choose to use Simple, Photometric, or Radiosity calculation methods.

One nice advance is that you can choose which scenes to start and finish on. You can also set resolution and other goodies to produce a pretty impressive walkthrough.

Note! It’s critical to evaluate every part of a space that will be in a movie, to make sure there are no weird corners, random toilet fixtures in the middle of the floor, or walking through walls. Play the slideshow from within SketchUp first to check–it’ll look much jumpier than the final version. Once you commit to the export, a movie can take overnight, or longer. 

IRender nXt can automate exporting multiple rendered still scenes, through the Export Animation dialog box. You’ll have to disable Page Transitions, and be sure to up the image size as needed. Click on the Browse button to choose a file name, location and type. This will automate the process, if you need four or five high-quality images. Be sure to check the Image tab in the Settings dialog box to define where everything will be saved.

You’ll want to test each of the scenes before doing the final renderings, and it’s really a bummer when they’re not working properly. Also, this would be a good candidate for a lab computer or other machine, as it leaves the machine unusable for quite a long time.


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