# \#rendering **URL:** https://forums.sketchup.com/tag/rendering/109.md [Latest](https://forums.sketchup.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.sketchup.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.sketchup.com/tags.md) --- ## [Rayscaper - Mac Beta is Out](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/rayscaper-mac-beta-is-out/263051)
**Author:** [@pixelcruncher](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pixelcruncher)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/rayscaper-mac-beta-is-out/263051 "2026-11-01T19:03:44Z")
Update: the Rayscaper for Mac beta is out! :tada: Download it and read how to install it on the beta page: rayscaper.com/mac-beta. The page always has the latest beta build. What you need: A Mac with Apple silicon … --- ## [Render Fredo6 Animator clips with Rayscaper](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/render-fredo6-animator-clips-with-rayscaper/350917)
**Author:** [@pixelcruncher](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pixelcruncher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/render-fredo6-animator-clips-with-rayscaper/350917 "2026-10-31T10:12:58Z")
Hey, Rayscaper users! Since 0.9.103, Rayscaper renders Fredo6 Animator clips. Animating SketchUp scenes moves the camera from one scene to the next. With Animator the model itself moves: objects slide, turn and grow, ta… --- ## [Rayscaper - A new render extension for SketchUp](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/rayscaper-a-new-render-extension-for-sketchup/257875)
**Author:** [@pixelcruncher](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pixelcruncher)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/rayscaper-a-new-render-extension-for-sketchup/257875 "2026-10-29T18:28:33Z")
Update October 2026: Rayscaper is in late beta. The current version is 0.9.99, and 1.0 is close. What it is: a GPU path tracer that renders live alongside SketchUp. It has scatter, a library of about 80 r… --- ## [Raya.design for SketchUp - AI renders, video and 3D models from your SketchUp view](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/raya-design-for-sketchup-ai-renders-video-and-3d-models-from-your-sketchup-view/351003)
**Author:** [@Raya.design](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Raya.design)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/raya-design-for-sketchup-ai-renders-video-and-3d-models-from-your-sketchup-view/351003 "2026-10-27T20:33:23Z")
Hi everyone! We’d like to share Raya for SketchUp, a free extension that turns your SketchUp view into a photorealistic AI visualization in under a minute. You don’t need a separate render engine, light setup or mate… --- ## [My rendering toolbars have dissapeared](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-rendering-toolbars-have-dissapeared/349488)
**Author:** [@shaunte](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/shaunte)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-rendering-toolbars-have-dissapeared/349488 "2026-08-28T22:32:28Z")
My chaos cosmos license was not registering, so I signed in and downloaded the newest updates. I also updated my Sketchup Studio 26 license. I did a restart and my enscape and v-ray tools are showing in the extension, bu… --- ## [Best Rendering Workflow for Large SketchUp Models](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/best-rendering-workflow-for-large-sketchup-models/348839)
**Author:** [@tylersink3D](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tylersink3D)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/best-rendering-workflow-for-large-sketchup-models/348839 "2026-08-05T22:06:40Z")
Hi everyone, I’m working on several architectural projects in SketchUp and would like to improve the quality of my renders without increasing render time too much. For larger residential and commercial models, what wor… --- ## [Material assignment problem](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/material-assignment-problem/348841)
**Author:** [@KzM](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/KzM)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/material-assignment-problem/348841 "2026-08-05T15:32:28Z")
There seems issue with assigning materials for correct render. I have skirting modelled but Enscape ignores them. Lightings don’t show either. Assigned materials/colours hardly seen. What am I doing wrong? --- ## [Silpu Render — photoreal AI renders from your live SketchUp view, in about a minute (free to try)](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/silpu-render-photoreal-ai-renders-from-your-live-sketchup-view-in-about-a-minute-free-to-try/348526)
**Author:** [@agsisilpu](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/agsisilpu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/silpu-render-photoreal-ai-renders-from-your-live-sketchup-view-in-about-a-minute-free-to-try/348526 "2026-07-23T03:45:40Z")
G’day everyone — building designer here, 18 years of residential work in Perth, Australia. I spent most of those years watching rendering eat the hours that design deserved — so I built the tool I always wanted, and rec… --- ## [Shadows Appearing Incorrectly](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/shadows-appearing-incorrectly/347252)
**Author:** [@travis.taylor](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/travis.taylor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/shadows-appearing-incorrectly/347252 "2026-05-28T15:53:59Z")
I’ve attached a screen record of what I mean. The shadows are rendering weirdly after updating SketchUp to 26.2.243. I don’t have to have this model geolocated since it’s just focusing on the display in an isolat… --- ## [AVizion - Photorealistic cloud renders](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/avizion-photorealistic-cloud-renders/345853)
**Author:** [@XavierMagher](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/XavierMagher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/avizion-photorealistic-cloud-renders/345853 "2026-04-02T11:30:02Z")
Hey people! I’m Xavier, I am the main developer behind a new visualization extension called AVizion . Our goal with AVizion is to give professional a quick and easy way to create , edit and share renders for their clie… --- ## [SketchUp 2026 how to make materials shiny/reflective](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2026-how-to-make-materials-shiny-reflective/343997)
**Author:** [@95anni.ka98](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/95anni.ka98)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2026-how-to-make-materials-shiny-reflective/343997 "2026-01-21T18:45:45Z")
Hi! :slight\_smile: I noticed the new SketchUp 2026 now has the ability to add a metal characteristic to objects, which in the material preview makes them shiny/reflective. But when I add this to the glass material on m… --- ## [How to make this rendering more realistic](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-make-this-rendering-more-realistic/343973)
**Author:** [@ashleybrooke](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ashleybrooke)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-make-this-rendering-more-realistic/343973 "2026-01-21T09:34:03Z")
I am having trouble refining the attached rendering- particularly in areas such as the faucets, lighting, mirror, and countertop. No matter what I do they still seem fuzzy. I have been you-tubing etc and have made change… --- ## [Lucas renderings for fun](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lucas-renderings-for-fun/269929)
**Author:** [@Lucas](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Lucas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lucas-renderings-for-fun/269929 "2025-11-09T17:40:33Z")
I liked the posts of Sleepless Night by DaveR, Tuna’s Trash by tuna1957 and Cotty’s gallery images by Cotty, so I decided to start my own topic. I don’t do professional rendering, it’s more of a hobby and something that … --- ## [V-Ray Textures losing attributes](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/v-ray-textures-losing-attributes/337597)
**Author:** [@refitjoseph](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/refitjoseph)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/v-ray-textures-losing-attributes/337597 "2025-08-07T15:06:29Z")
Hi all, Both me and a co-worker are using Sketchup 2024 and V-Ray 7. Whenever one of us sends a project over to the other, many of the Chaos Cosmos textures lose thier reflectiveness, bump maps and more. We then have to… --- ## [Match Photo and rendering](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/match-photo-and-rendering/323855)
**Author:** [@MarkSmith](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/MarkSmith)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/match-photo-and-rendering/323855 "2025-04-17T20:22:14Z")
Why do projected materials in a matched photo always distort when you try to render? Happened in Enscape, and also in D5 Anyone else noticed this or found a fix? --- ## [AI Renderings with EvolveLAB Veras](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ai-renderings-with-evolvelab-veras/227899)
**Author:** [@BenGuler](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/BenGuler)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ai-renderings-with-evolvelab-veras/227899 "2025-02-24T05:58:50Z")
EvolveLAB Veras for SketchUp Veras is an AI-powered visualization add-in, that uses your 3d model geometry as a substrate for creativity and inspiration. Take your SketchUp ideation and visualization workflows to the … --- ## [Computer Game Graphics vs 3D Modeling Programs](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/computer-game-graphics-vs-3d-modeling-programs/24296)
**Author:** [@IanR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/IanR)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/computer-game-graphics-vs-3d-modeling-programs/24296 "2022-07-05T02:30:48Z")
Continuing the discussion from Hardware Improvements For Sketchup 2016: --- ## [SketchUp File Not Loading into Twinmotion](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-file-not-loading-into-twinmotion/301288)
**Author:** [@acasella](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/acasella)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-file-not-loading-into-twinmotion/301288 "2024-12-28T14:22:33Z")
Hello! My sketchup has not been able to load into twinmotion properly since last Wednesday. Last Wednesday I had an issue with my podium plugin in sketchup. The IT person at the company I work for went in to try and fix… --- ## [Match model view to a google street view?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/match-model-view-to-a-google-street-view/303747)
**Author:** [@anabab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/anabab)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/match-model-view-to-a-google-street-view/303747 "2024-12-18T18:37:16Z")
So, I have a model in SketchUp Go (not Pro version - yet but I am considering upgrading…) where I am trying to export out a view of the model that would match an image I saved from looking at google maps. Ultimately, I … --- ## [Outsourcing SketchUp Renderings](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/outsourcing-sketchup-renderings/304285)
**Author:** [@Studio.Goodwin](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Studio.Goodwin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/outsourcing-sketchup-renderings/304285 "2024-12-16T23:24:13Z")
Hello, I’m an interior designer whose pretty proficient in sketchUp and does a lot of 3D modeling for clients and other designers. When I was in university I learnt Vray but have not kept up with it since. I downloaded … --- ## [Groups are acting strange, rendering overtop eachother?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/groups-are-acting-strange-rendering-overtop-eachother/302634)
**Author:** [@kenzie](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kenzie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/groups-are-acting-strange-rendering-overtop-eachother/302634 "2024-12-07T13:03:18Z")
--- ## [LightUp v7.1 with native Metal support](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lightup-v7-1-with-native-metal-support/299632)
**Author:** [@AdamB](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AdamB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lightup-v7-1-with-native-metal-support/299632 "2024-11-18T11:41:43Z")
I posted couple months ago about the on-going work on an all new lighting engine in LightUp v7 that leverages your GPU to the max to give very fast results. Now finally finished and available as a free demo from the w… --- ## [Video - Rayscaper for visualization](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/video-rayscaper-for-visualization/292389)
**Author:** [@pixelcruncher](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pixelcruncher)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/video-rayscaper-for-visualization/292389 "2024-11-10T23:06:54Z")
Check out this introduction to Rayscaper for professional visualization: Majid is already well-known in the SketchUp community, so I’m delighted he’s interested in Rayscaper. This video will teach you the … --- ## [Looking for Freelance people to do 3D semi-photorealistic renderings](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/looking-for-freelance-people-to-do-3d-semi-photorealistic-renderings/290719)
**Author:** [@ModestRat](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ModestRat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/looking-for-freelance-people-to-do-3d-semi-photorealistic-renderings/290719 "2024-10-18T14:57:14Z")
I am actively seeking experienced 3D architectural visualizers to create high-detail renderings for a quick-service restaurant company. My in-house team urgently needs assistance to handle our current heavy workload. Ke… --- ## [Lighting sim software](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lighting-sim-software/281686)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Tal](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Daniel_Tal)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lighting-sim-software/281686 "2024-09-19T13:04:56Z")
Greetings I am in the need of a rendering program that is not one of the traditional big three (Max, Lumion, Vray) though open to others if they can do what I need. I have not tried Enscape but might be worth it for th… --- ## [Rendering 3d](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/rendering-3d/285597)
**Author:** [@Davidedella](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Davidedella)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/rendering-3d/285597 "2024-08-16T19:01:53Z")
Hi everyone, I have a problem, I’m learning sketchup and so I opted for the free version because I don’t use it for work and I don’t have a budget. I’m looking for a free rendering but unfortunately I came across another… --- ## [Brighter3D rendering plugin for SketchUp version 4.5.1 released](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/brighter3d-rendering-plugin-for-sketchup-version-4-5-1-released/273604)
**Author:** [@brighter3d](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/brighter3d)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/brighter3d-rendering-plugin-for-sketchup-version-4-5-1-released/273604 "2024-08-08T03:25:14Z")
We’re excited to announce the release of a brand new version of Brighter3D! This update brings significant improvements, resulting in a faster and more seamless integration with our post-processing module. www.brighter3… --- ## [Specific people assets for stadium/arena projects](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/specific-people-assets-for-stadium-arena-projects/270177)
**Author:** [@hbcvisual](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/hbcvisual)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/specific-people-assets-for-stadium-arena-projects/270177 "2024-05-03T15:00:35Z")
​Hi there, I have some stadium/arena projects coming up and I’m not sure how to go about soucing or placing people assets which are not just generic, but are for instance, wearing the correct team shirt, or holding a te… --- ## [Anyone have a quality rendering plug in that works on a M1 chip](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/anyone-have-a-quality-rendering-plug-in-that-works-on-a-m1-chip/202810)
**Author:** [@thomas.stewart](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/thomas.stewart)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/anyone-have-a-quality-rendering-plug-in-that-works-on-a-m1-chip/202810 "2022-07-07T08:24:25Z")
I’ve just upgraded to a new Mac Studio. Seems most rendering plug ins don’t work with M1 Chip. Anyone have any suggestions? --- ## [Downloading an older version of Vray for Sketchup Studio](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/downloading-an-older-version-of-vray-for-sketchup-studio/268723)
**Author:** [@arturcoelho](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/arturcoelho)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/downloading-an-older-version-of-vray-for-sketchup-studio/268723 "2024-04-17T20:25:03Z")
Hello everyone, I’m using the 2024 version of sketchup and the 6.20.03 version of Vray. I’ve been with some bugs using this version of Vray. How can I download an older version? When I click the download button in Trimb… [Next page](https://forums.sketchup.com/tag/rendering/109.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=rendering)