Materials & Lighting

More and more architects use reflections not only to achieve photorealism, but to give their spaces a greater sense of depth. Reflections are also important because of the atmosphere they can [...]

One of the great things about Enscape is its consistency across the primary design platforms it supports; Rhino, Revit, SketchUp and ArchiCAD. With the recent release the of the Ensacpe 2.5, [...]

One of the great things about Enscape is its consistency across the primary design platforms it supports; Rhino, Revit, SketchUp and ArchiCAD. With the recent release the of the Ensacpe 2.5, [...]

Wood is an amazing and versatile natural material we all love, in its natural setting, as carved figures and furniture or as finishes within buildings. This material has many characteristics such [...]

Representing grass has always been a challenge in architectural graphics, especially for the average designer who does not specialize in developing computer generated graphics (CGI). The best we [...]

You may have seen my recent post about artificial light sources in SketchUp , in which I covered different techniques to realistically light your model. But there is another way of creating light [...]

You’ve probably seen it before, that rendering that at first glance fools you into thinking it is a photograph of an actual room or building. Just by viewing your project in Enscape, you can [...]

A rendering technique nearly perfected in the gaming world is the understanding and application of Albedo to their materials. The result is a consistent, more realistic effect throughout all your [...]

Best Practices: Lighting in SketchUp   How do you elevate your model, and create an experience the viewer will never forget? Lighting is crucial to creating not only realistic scenes, but [...]

Best Practices for Water in Architectural Design Architectural visualization can often incorporate water, whether as an integral feature like a swimming pool, or as an indirect detail, such as an [...]

Best Practices for Lighting and Exposure When a Revit model has materials  set up correctly and properly placed lighting fixtures, it will look great in Enscape without changing any of the [...]

SketchUp Material Editor – Enhanced Materials in SketchUp   I previously wrote a post on using Enscape with SketchUp which covered light sources. This post will cover the monumental [...]

The field of computer graphics is developing very fast. The wording is becoming more and more complex, leading to misunderstandings in technical discussions among architects and other rendering [...]