Getting Started with SketchUp 2025 Part 7 – Creating a Rendering!



In this video, learn how to use the rendering engine in SketchUp 2025 to create much more realistic renderings!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Introduction
0:11 – What is rendering and how does it work?
1:37 – Enabling rendering in SketchUp
2:45 – Adjusting the Environment/Lighting
4:09 – Toggling on the ground plane
6:00 – Adjusting background and reflection brightness
7:15 – Creating a working view and saving rendered views
9:22 – Using PBR Materials for realistic materials
10:27 – What are PBR Maps?
11:25 – Metalness settings and metalness maps
12:31 – Important extension for swapping materials – Material Replacer
13:45 – Accessing the extended material library from SketchUp
14:51 – Adjusting roughness, normal, and ambient occlusion settings
16:20 – How to import custom materials
20:15 – Final adjusting lighting
22:00 – Exporting rendered images

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