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Start here · Basicsyour first render: leave it blankRead
one view, three lights.
The same view at three hours, with only the light changed.
say where it is.
One line about the site, and the background follows.
materials that read as real.
Name the material and its finish, not just the colour.
people without the stock-photo look.
One person, doing one thing, slightly in motion.
change one thing.
Refine a render with one plain sentence.
one wall, three finishes.
Mark an area and try finishes on just that surface.
click, brush, lasso, box.
Four ways to select an area, and when to use each.
export the right view from sketchup.
A clean export gives a cleaner render.
borrow a light you like (try this).
See a render you like? Put its recipe on your view.
kerala tharavad (traditional).
Tile roofs, laterite and a red oxide verandah.
kerala contemporary home.
A flat-roofed house, made local by its materials and street.
the courtyard (nadumuttam).
Rain falling into the middle of the house.
monsoon, anywhere in india.
No materials at all, just weather and light.
mumbai high-rise apartment.
The view out of the window is the brief.
mumbai street, old building.
Wires, shutters and a chai stall.
one house, three cities.
The same bungalow in Delhi, Bangalore and Goa.
indian floors, five ways.
One kitchen floor in five Indian finishes.