In this beginner tutorial we want to give you an insight how to create quickly a architecture section drawing in Sketchup for your next and add some visual elements for e.g. a architecture presentation. We use a quite simple model here and go quickly through the steps to give you an idea about the general workflow. We also use and link to various of our free archi-viz graphics so do not miss to get through the steps and grow your own library of graphics for architecture visualization on the side 🙂 Enjoy! [Read more…] about How to Create a Quick Architecture Section Drawing in Sketchup and Photoshop
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Photoshop Tutorial: Pimp 3D Architecture Rendering with Textures, Billboard Trees and People
Sometimes, we don’t have time to produce a realistic architectural Illustration and all its effects completely in the 3D environment, therefore I often use Adobe Photoshop in the post process to add some effects.
For this tutorial I want to start with a rendering I created in Lumion 3.0, but at the end it does not really matter which animation or rendering software you use, because I want to show you my step-by-step post processing approach of an architectural illustration in Photoshop. [Read more…] about Photoshop Tutorial: Pimp 3D Architecture Rendering with Textures, Billboard Trees and People
Pimp 3D Architectural Renderings with Photoshop
Cutout Person Silhouette PNG – Free Download (Photoshop)
Today we present you a set of cutout PNG person and people silhouettes for free download. We specially created them for architectural visualizations to bring life to your 3d renderings. The people silhouettes are saved as .PNG files have a transparent background as alpha channel included so you can directly use them e.g. in Photoshop without any additional work. [Read more…] about Cutout Person Silhouette PNG – Free Download (Photoshop)
Water Displacement Map For Photoshop – Free Download
Need a displacement map (Photoshop) of a water surface? In the Photoshop Tutorial: Create Water Reflection for Architectural Illustration you can follow in detail how to create a reflecting water surface in Photoshop quickly. For many people, this is surely a valid alternative to directly rendering the water surface, especially when it needs to be done fast and you’re not familiar with the render settings. The core of the process is creating a displacement map with which you can create the effect of a water surface on a mirrored part of the image. [Read more…] about Water Displacement Map For Photoshop – Free Download