Ambient occlusion is one of the latest updates from the SketchUp team, an essential tool for those how use SketchUp to create their final 3D imagery to showcase their design ideas to their clients . Check out the difference between using just the shadows tool vs using shadow+occlusion in this simple example: It maybe subtle…
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Exciting news 🗞️ Coming soon! ShootPlantPlanner™ with SketchUp
Creating planting plans with 3D modeling and CAD systems has long been a pain point for garden designers and landscape architects. The process is often riddled with challenges that can make the task feel daunting and time-consuming. But there’s exciting news on the horizon: the new ShootPlantPlanner™ promises to revolutionize how professionals handle plant planning…
Harnessing the Power of SketchUp in Garden Design: A Complete Project Workflow
In the dynamic world of garden design, capturing the essence of an idea, translating it into a tangible concept, and presenting it effectively to clients can be challenging. As a designer, you need tools that can handle this intricate journey with finesse and efficiency. Enter SketchUp, a 3D modeling software that’s revolutionized the design landscape,…
SketchUp: The Essential Tool for Garden Designers
Are you a garden designer looking for a tool to help bring your designs to life? Look no further than SketchUp! As a powerful and intuitive 3D modeling software, SketchUp is the perfect tool for garden designers looking to create detailed and accurate plans for their clients. One of the things that set SketchUp apart…
5 Reasons you should learn SketchUp if you are a garden designer or landscaper!!
SketchUp is one of the most versatile, user-friendly software. With a particularly good entry-level cost with the PRO version, the most used by professionals, for only €300 a year on a subscription basis. With this software, you can do everything from the 3D modeling of your garden project to the 2D plans for planting, construction…
SketchUp Basics for Garden Designers course updated
The online course SketchUp for Garden Designers as been completely updated for SketchUp PRO 2021. Like all my courses the they are video based and using a Windows PC, if you have Mac the differences are not very significant and you can still do this course. Check out the full curriculum and preview videos on…
When to use Vegetation Paint in Twinmotion 2020!
The Vegetation Paint tool that can be found in the Context menu in Twinmotion 2020 it´s an amazing way to create an interesting background for your Twinmotion renderings. Check out the renderings at the end of the video! đź–ĄOnline courses here: https://gardendesigntools.thinkific.com/ #gardendesigntools #lumionforgardens #twinmotionforgardens I’m preparing for a Live Stream on Lumion PRO 10.5…
Next week’s a Planting Design challenge 💡
Normally 3D renderings can be challenging regarding the vegetation library available for garden designer’s and landscapers. To demonstrate that it’s possible with some tricks to have not only a sense of the vegetation you want to propose in your design but to recreate a more naturalistic imagery I decided to give myself a challenge! A…
How to Start 3D Modelling if you a Garden Designer!
So you want to start exploring the 3D world but don’t know where to start? This video is for you, it’s really important to don’t compromise your design ideas when you explore the 3D world of modelling and rendering, make sure you stay true to your design concept. If you need help regarding 3D modelling…
Creating immersive presentations for your design ideas
Working remotely and having to present your design ideas to your client can be a challenge if you normally have a more tradicional working method. Programs like SketchUp, Lumion or Twinmotion can help you to create a more immersive experience to share with your clients without you having to be directly beside him for him…
Twinmotion 2020 is Live! Check out some renderings and first impressions video!
The growth setting is definitely one of my favourite features from the Twinmotion 2020. I would like to see more plants in the library but it looks promising. Check out this renderings: In this video, I give you my first impressions on Twinmotion 2020, check out the renderings I’ve done at the end of…
Is Fine Detail Nature a game changer in Lumion PRO 10?
It’s fine detail nature a game changer for garden designers and landscape architects? In the beginning, I didn’t think so but now? I changed my mind. This is one of the cases that you really need to render your images first to really appreciate the results and the subtlety of the light quality and natural…
Now 50% Discount on all online courses until the end of February!!
Until the end of February, all our online courses are with 50% discount in celebration of the brand new Lumion PRO 10 courses and the updated SketchUp course as well. Until the end of this month of January, a brand new course in Twinmotion will be live as well. Check it out! You have access…
Lumion PRO 10 Demo from a SketchUp model
Last week I’ve chosen the Lumion Demo winner, the landscape architect Sara Peternel from @sara.peternel_landscapedesign. So this is her SketchUp model that I transformed using Lumion Pro 10 tools. My objective with this small demo it’s to really show what Lumion can do specially for gardens. The vegetation possibilities together with the light specs in…
Software options for garden designers and landscape architects, my opinion!
What’s the best software available for garden designers and landscape architects? Have you have tried to google garden design software? Try and tell me what comes up, pretty bad hmmm? Specially ig you type Garden Design a lot of the options are for amateur gardeners and not a professional software that are going to help…
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