SketchUp 3D House Animation in Widescreen
April 13, 2010
(Note: This version has the fixed audio and better color. See the ‘HD’ version for smoother playback and high resolution viewing)
This is a model of a house that I built (in real life) a number of years ago. I wanted to see if I could rebuild it with what plans, photos and memories that I still have.
I built the deck model years ago using Ray Dream Designer and Virtus Walkthrough (neither program is around anymore) to visualize what the deck would look like before I built it (in real life) as an addition to the house. I built the deck model to scale and it imported (.dxf) nicely into SketchUp after all these years. That was the starting point of this recent modeling project.
I did the time lapse sequence at the end to showcase SketchUps ability to set time and date for determining location of shadows. I also used its watermark (picture overlay) capability to see if I could line up the angle and lens settings of the camera snapshots that I had taken back in the day. I think it worked well.
Incidentally, I also composed and produced the accompanying soundtrack over an excellent beat by Zajo called “loop39.wav” from Freesound (http://www.freesound.org) used under a Creative Commons sampling license.
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I rendered (and …
I rendered (and uploaded) the SketchUp animation at two different resolutions. 1280 X 720 and 640 x 360. I believe I rendered the Sketchups as .avi with a Cinepak codec. I did get some sound sync problems at the higher resolution for some reason. Who knows. I used Sony Vegas to pull everything together. For the faux timelapse sequence, I chromakeyed in the sky backgrounds. I rendered that using .wmv. So there’s two bouts of compression but the HD version looks pretty good to me on Youtube.
hey mate its …
hey mate its amazing work, mind blowing…but this animation u done in google sketch up or for animation u have used some other softwares ?? will u help me ?? coz i have done with my 3D model on sketch up but when i m converting it into animation its not giving me good quality
i like takeing …
i like takeing picture and u have to make tutorial
I’m using SketchUp …
I’m using SketchUp 6 right now. I’ll upgrade soon. I believe I got the trees at Google 3D Warehouse. I usually modify them a bit. Change the textures and shape.
@WeakEndProductions …
@WeakEndProductions
Hello my friend.. Do you use Google sketch up 7?? If you do, where can i find the trees??
Thanks for checking …
Thanks for checking it out.
Nice work
Nice work
Nice, Coastal …
Nice, Coastal Concepts does this sort of work for anyone that needs it: architects, builders, home owners…..Check out: watch?v=mcvitx41YHk
Thanks for checking …
Thanks for checking it out.
It takes some time to make things look as real as you can get them in SketchUp but it was worth it for me. And you can export the model to some pretty good photo-realistic render engines.
Hmm pretty …
Hmm pretty impressive results. I haven’t used sketch-up after beta, as I thought it was powerful enough. Seeing this video now I can say I was judging before I had seen all features. With CAD import and userfriendly-ness it’s a great way to get clean models like these. Kudos
Hey do you have any …
Hey do you have any tutorials on making houses or making roofs ?
I give you props… …
I give you props…Well done. now you got your house in your hand(in 3d)
Plus the sun is red …
Plus the sun is red when it is first up
A webcam
A webcam
I see what you mean …
I see what you mean. I had to tweak the color in Sony Vegas for that segment. I was trying to get that yellow-orange cast look that happens briefly when the sun first comes up. SketchUp already looks kinda cartoony. But it would have taken forever to render with a more realistic render engine like Kerkythea. As it is it took like 19 hours over three separate nights.
Hey, your timelapse videos are cool. I wish my camera would do that. It that a still camera or a movie cam?
2:36 has color like …
2:36 has color like an old cartoon
Many people, unlike …
Many people, unlike you, cannot tell the difference between the most popular and the best or the most valuable. Doing something that’s difficult and takes some thought most always yields more satisfying results. Many people just cannot see the effort involved in producing all the really amazing things that surround us.
Thanks for checking my humble animation and keep playing with SketchUp. I’d bet that you could do some really cool things with it!
i think that some …
i think that some girl talking about her life geting 2million views is crazy look how much time went into this!!!!
I exported a ‘ …
I exported a ‘drafted style’ still shot from the first camera position (Scene) in the ‘spin-around-house’ movie sequence. I built the ‘draftsman’s print’ cover sheet in CorelDraw and dropped that still into it. Export that to use as a texture map for the ‘draftsman’s print’ object. Render the ‘Drawing Board’ movie scene separately. Carefully line up the position of the end of that scene with the start of the ‘spin- around- the-house’ movie render in Sony Vegas. Boom. The picture comes to life.
Looks good! Tell me …
Looks good! Tell me how did u do the introduction scene with the drawing board and your design on it?
Thanks for checking …
Thanks for checking it out. It took a while but I’m pretty happy with the way it came out.
looks great man, …
looks great man, you really made it look interesting. Like the transistions between your model and the photo’s !
P.S. keep up the good work!