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Permalink Reply by nca777 on October 23, 2009 at 10:32am

I use Vray at a very basic capacity.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Alexander on October 23, 2009 at 12:26pm

there is a free program called Kerkythea that works with sketchup. You build your model in SU as usual and export to Kerkythea. there you can adjust lighting, textures, shadows, etc. The learning curve can be steep (there are tutorials) but it is quite powerful for a free program.

http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/

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Permalink Reply by Bob Luther on October 23, 2009 at 4:34pm

a new rendering system that was based on kerkythea, Twilight is getting great reviews on the sketcucation website, the learning curve is quicker than Kerkythea and it works within sketchup so there is no export needed. I tried the free download and it works very well, the full version cost $99 so it is very nicely priced. The support group forums are growing quickly and the people are very friendly.

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Permalink Reply by Knut Andreas Øyvang on October 24, 2009 at 7:48am

I would definetly check out Artlantis as well. It's quite a powerful rendering program, easy to use, and not to expensive. I've had some pretty good experiences working with vegetation, materials and lighting. I think they have a 30-day trial version.
http://artlantis.com/

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Permalink Reply by Bruno Sousa on October 24, 2009 at 12:08pm

Kody see in www.land4us.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Wes Arola on October 26, 2009 at 12:25pm

Artlantis has a lot of capability and also is quite easy to use. There is a free trial and the pro version is comparably cheap.

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