Rendering in SketchUp

Apply Texture Values
Values are applied to textures using the 
Shaderlight Material menu. Materials 
are picked with the SketchUp Paint 
Bucket Eye Dropper (Fig. 27.1). The 
chosen textures will appear in a 
preview window at the top left of 
the Material menu. Once a preset 
is applied, the Texture preview will 
update, displaying how the texture 
will appear once rendered. An applied 
value affects all versions of a texture.
Fig. 27.1: 
The Material Menu button is circled in the Shaderlight main menu 
(at top). On the left is the Shaderlight Material menu; the SketchUp Paint 
Bucket is on the right. The SketchUp Eye Dropper is used to select materials 
that are then made active in the Shaderlight Material menu.
Shaderlight 
Texture Settings
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Chapter 27: Shaderlight Texture Settings
Shaderlight had preprogrammed values for 
native SketchUp textures. These materials 
come preloaded into the SketchUp Paint Bucket 
(Fig. 27.2). SketchUp native textures have pre-
arranged rendering values. They do not need to 
be adjusted, and no additional values need to 
be applied. Simply apply them to surfaces and 
render (Fig. 27.3)
Using the native textures is an excellent way 
to create quick renderings. The native materi-
als will still need to be scaled for best appear-
ance. The SketchUp Material menu can be used 
to adjust the color and scale of these native 
textures. If you adjust the textures values in 
the Shaderlight Material menu (select options 
other than Auto) or edit the native texture in an 
external photo editor, the prearranged values 
will be removed from the native texture (but 
only in that model).