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Creating Perspectives with SketchUp :: SketchUpArtists http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/creating-perspectives-with-sketchup/comment-page-1/#comment-1122[21/02/2010 03:19:20 p.m.] Home About Spotlight Tips & Tricks Presentations Tutorials Resources Books Jobs News Contact Creating Perspectives with SketchUp Creating Perspectives with SketchUp by Jim Leggitt In recent years, SketchUp modeling has become the preferred digital tool for academic and professional design environments allowing students, architects, interior designers, planners, industrial designers and practically anyone involved with design to easily build, manipulate and view 3D digital mock-ups of their concepts. Constructing models may be easy, but establishing the right kind of perspective view can be tricky. If you were a photographer, your camera angle, viewing height, lens focal length, lighting, framing and composition all work together to create great pictures. When establishing scenes in SketchUp, an identical visual “checklist” must be considered so you can present your design concepts in their best form and avoid 3D digital disasters! Here are a few tips to consider when viewing your models. Pick the Best Perspective Type SketchUp allows you to freely spin your model in any direction with the option of viewing it in one, two or three-point perspective. The one-point perspective view emphasizes an object’s elevation as if you are looking perpendicular to its face. The two-point perspective view reveals multiple faces as if you were looking into the corner of an interior space or outside corner of an object. Finally, the three-point perspective is quite effective when looking down on an object or a large area of a site plan – but – it can often create visual distortions that confuse viewers. I once overheard an architectural client commenting that the buildings he was seeing in a 3-point perspective were falling over! The confusion may have been avoided if the SketchUp model was presented to the client as an easier to understand 2-point perspective. One-Point SketchUp Perspective View New Tutorial by Jim leggitt Here is a simple “step-by-step” technique for creating an illustration using a Google SketchUp model as a base, your creative imagination and a splash of color markers. Latest News New Freelance SketchUp Jobs The Quasi-Clay Style by Oliver Shea New !!! – Book Area at SketchupArtists Easy Watercolor Painting Effect Realistic Watercolor Effect Line Art Watercolor Tip Latest Additions Add a Rotoscope Effect Blender to SketchUp H.M.C.S Snowberry Indentity Nightclub Ink Effect Tutorial Overlay and Trace Project Pencil Overlay The Quasi-Clay Style Artists Adam Warner Alex Jenyon Daniel Tal Do Phu Hoang Nguyen Jacques Cleghorn Jim Leggitt Laurent Brixius Majid Yeganegi Mateo Soletic Michalis Zissiou Mr Wip Nguyen Tran Huy Vu Nomeradona
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Creating Perspectives with SketchUp
Creating Perspectives with SketchUp by Jim Leggitt
In recent years, SketchUp modeling has become the preferred digital tool for academic and
professional design environments allowing students, architects, interior designers, planners,
industrial designers and practically anyone involved with design to easily build, manipulate and view
3D digital mock-ups of their concepts. Constructing models may be easy, but establishing the right
kind of perspective view can be tricky. If you were a photographer, your camera angle, viewing
height, lens focal length, lighting, framing and composition all work together to create great pictures.
When establishing scenes in SketchUp, an identical visual “checklist” must be considered so you
can present your design concepts in their best form and avoid 3D digital disasters! Here are a few
tips to consider when viewing your models.
Pick the Best Perspective Type
SketchUp allows you to freely spin your model in any direction with the option of viewing it in one,
two or three-point perspective. The one-point perspective view emphasizes an object’s
elevation as if you are looking perpendicular to its face. The two-point perspective view reveals
multiple faces as if you were looking into the corner of an interior space or outside corner of an
object. Finally, the three-point perspective is quite effective when looking down on an object or
a large area of a site plan – but – it can often create visual distortions that confuse viewers. I once
overheard an architectural client commenting that the buildings he was seeing in a 3-point
perspective were falling over! The confusion may have been avoided if the SketchUp model was
presented to the client as an easier to understand 2-point perspective.
One-Point SketchUp Perspective View
New Tutorial by Jim leggitt
Here is a simple “step-by-step”
technique for creating an illustration
using a Google SketchUp model as a
base, your creative imagination and a
splash of color markers.
Latest NewsNew Freelance SketchUp Jobs
The Quasi-Clay Style by Oliver Shea
New !!! – Book Area at SketchupArtists
Easy Watercolor Painting Effect
Realistic Watercolor Effect
Line Art Watercolor Tip
Latest AdditionsAdd a Rotoscope Effect
Blender to SketchUp
H.M.C.S Snowberry
Indentity Nightclub
Ink Effect Tutorial
Overlay and Trace Project
Pencil Overlay
The Quasi-Clay Style
ArtistsAdam Warner
Alex Jenyon
Daniel Tal
Do Phu Hoang Nguyen
Jacques Cleghorn
Jim Leggitt
Laurent Brixius
Majid Yeganegi
Mateo Soletic
Michalis Zissiou
Mr Wip
Nguyen Tran Huy Vu
Nomeradona
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Two-Point SketchUp Perspective View
Three-Point SketchUp Perspective View
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Ricardo Cossoli
Rocky Vezeau
S.Porobic (AKA `Sepo´)
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Teofilo Pardo
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Select your Viewing HeightI have categorized viewing heights in three basic options;
eye-level view for the most realistic and natural presentation
roof-level view when I want to reveal more of the ground plane (this is like standing on a
bridge looking down at a scene from above)
aerial view for observing the subject in context within a larger area. All three heights are
important to understand and how each can be selected to enhance your SketchUp model view.
Although rarely used, an optional ground level view looking up at the object can be used to
present a subject that may be situated on a sloped site.
Eye-level SketchUp Perspective View
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Roof-level SketchUp Perspective View
Aerial Perspective SketchUp View
Optimize Camera Focal Lengths
Similar to interchangeable lenses on a digital SLR camera, the SketchUp Zoom tool (from the
camera toolbar) allows you to manipulate the focal length (FL) of your view. The default FL of a
SketchUp model is 57mm and is set to what your eye naturally sees. I always adjust the FL in my
models to fit the specific subject – generally using a wide angle (24-35mm) for viewing interior
spaces and telephoto (65-85mm) for aerial views of large models. My favorite focal length in most
models ranges between 45-55mm. Caution – when using a wide angle focal length, be aware of
severe distortion in your vertical lines. SketchUp offers the “Two-Point Perspective” option in the
Camera toolbar to straighten out those flared vertical lines. Great tool to use!
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SketchUp 24mm focal length – skewed verticals and very distorted!
SketchUp 45mm focal length with “2-point perspective” checked – best looking!
SketchUp 85mm focal length – too foreshortened and a bit stiff!
To learn more about Creating Perspectives with SketchUp, pick up Jim’s new book
Drawing Shortcuts Second Edition or visit www.drawingshortcuts.com.
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Fernando Corrales on Your comment is awaiting moderation. February 21st, 201010:17 pm
Excellent tutorial and very easy to understand, undoubtedly help us to improve the
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