Image Formats – SU Podium V2.5 gives you the option to choose PNG/JPG/HDR as saved image formats.
With the custom option selected you can set any resolution and aspect ratio of your choosing.
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(The current limit is 9,999 X 9,999 pixels.) However, the trial version has limited resolution sizes. Resolution and Image format – Podium allows very high resolution size for the rendered images depending on your system memory.The Options menu has important settings that allow you to choose presets, resolution size for the rendered image, image file format (JPG/PNG/HDR), transparent, where to save your rendered images and various Environment settings such as Physical Sky vs SketchUp Sky, sun exposure and intensity, caustic, clay and soft omni lights. Podium Browser also has a Paid content section that includes hundreds of additional light fixtures and thousands of render-ready design components. Using these render ready light fixtures can greatly reduce the time involved in setting up the SketchUp model for interior lighting. Podium Browser provides hundreds of free, render ready light fixtures that have artificial point and spot-lights carefully configured for accuracy, and ready to render. Podium Browser Light Fixtures: SU Podium V2.5 comes with a companion plug-in called the Podium Browser. This is a powerful feature that lets you hide the light source but creates an evenly distributed light, and is extremely useful for creating behind camera “fill lights” to fine tune your lighting. Hidden LEM lights will still cast light into your SketchUp scene, but any surface with a Hidden LEM material applied will be invisible in the rendered image. Hidden LEM: LEMs can also be made invisible by checking the hidden LEM option in the material editor. LEM materials can be applied to any face in your SkethUp model an used as a visible illumination source (like a lightbulb, neon sign, etc.) LEM Lights: Unlike Omni and Spotlights, Podium LEM materials use actual SketchUp geometry to cast illumination into a SketchUp scene. You can see the light group in SketchUp’s outliner. The omni light/ point light is a SketchUp group called a light group. To insert an omni light or point light, click on the point light icon in the tool bar and drag an omni light into the model. Omni & Spot Lights Omni light or Point light is an artificial light source which emits light uniformly in all directions, similar to a light bulb. Click here to watch an introduction video on Podium Material properties.Using this option can save you a lot of time in applying good reflection, blur, refraction or bump properties to materials if you are using SketchUp standard materials. Automatic Materials: When Automatic Materials is on, SU Podium understand that certain SketchUp standard materials will be assigned pre-defined Podium photo-realistic material properties.Podium Browser Materials: Podium library of higher resolution textures and hundreds of pre-made render ready Podium materials in the Podium Browser.You can use standard SketchUp materials as well higher resolution textures from a variety of libraries as well as Podium Browser content. When rendered these properties bring the model to life by reflecting light and the environment. Reflections, refractions, bump maps and other advanced properties can be applied to a specific SketchUp materials. SU Podium can turn these plain textures into very realistic materials, quickly and intuitively via the Podium material user interface.
An essential part of creating SketchUp models is applying textures to faces.