LightUp v5.x is a new major release of LightUp that has some great new features that really accelerate the workflow of using SketchUp and LightUp to produce high quality content; there are also many fixes and improvement to existing functionality.
You can read the full list of features in this new release along with a demonstration by LightUp developer, Adam Billyard, of the light rigging and render settings
New Features and Changes from LightUp v4:
- 64-bit SketchUp 2015 and SketchUp 2016 support
- Up to 2x performance increase in calculating Ambient Occlusion
- Sharper realtime shadows
- Viewpoint lighting
- Improved AO Multiplier
- Improved render of masked textures
- More accurate IrrCache binding
- Choose stepped or smooth lux contours
- Updated language files
- Fixes for Intel GMA graphics chip
- Enhancements and bug fixes
Tags for this article: lightup | sketchup | rendering | real time | light rigging | ambient occlusion
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