Podium Walker, a photo-realistic, real-time, animations plug-in for SketchUp, has released version 1.2.8. Podium Walker 1.2.8 has got the following improvements:
- Lightmaps
With the release of v1.2.8, Podium Walker now makes use of light-maps as part of the rendering process. Lightmaps are a form of pre-rendering, in which lighting information is calculated and "baked" into your model. - Freedom to iterate
While this does not eliminate the need for Podium Walker to carry out ray-tracing calculations, the calculations can now be done earlier in the design process giving users far more leeway to make iterative design decisions. Light-maps make last minute changes to an animation far less time-intensive. - Re-render in a fraction of the time
Once your changes have been made, Podium Walker will be able to re-export your video in a fraction of the time it would have taken without lightmaps because the scene has already been ray-traced.
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Availability
Podium Walker 1.2.8 is available for Sketchup Pro 2015 and 2014 on Windows. It's a free update for existing Podium Walker 1.x users.