How do I stop the shadow from a transparent png?

[Richard_Clubb]

I haven’t heard of Kerkythea. Is it better than V-Ray? I’m still on the trial.

[DaveR]

Kerkythea is an older program and available at no charge. Some would probably say it’s outdated but it works just fine for me. Here are a few examples of SketchUp models I’ve rendered in Kerkythea.

[eric-s]

Reversing faces seemed to fix it in VRAY as well. It seemed like the backside of the material was transparent so when reversed, the canister became see-through. Also, try to keep the model clean by purging all unused or unnecessary data one in awhile in Window/Model Info/Statistics.

[Richard_Clubb]

Thanks so much for your help everyone. I’m definitely bookmarking this thread, lol!

[DaveR]

That’s better.

I was just playing in Kerkythea.

Needs work.

[Richard_Clubb]

Nice. I installed it but it looks to be a bit of a learning curve. I might dive into it if the boss doesn’t approve the V-Ray subscription lol.

[DaveR]

Like any software there’s a bit of a learning curve but it’s not that bad.

[gkm]

Kerkythea is excellent, but def has learning curve. Here’s a small sample of one render I did a few years back.

[DaveR]

Still playing with your canister.

Could stand to have a rim light added behind it.

[Richard_Clubb]

Here is a photograph of the actual tank. I need to work on the lid and the label size.

[Richard_Clubb]

Here is the lab scene i made. I made the labeled products but the rest are from the 3D warehouse.