Are you a garden designer looking for a tool to help bring your designs to life? Look no further than SketchUp! As a powerful and intuitive 3D modeling software, SketchUp is the perfect tool for garden designers looking to create detailed and accurate plans for their clients. One of the things that set SketchUp apart…
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5 Reasons you should learn SketchUp if you are a garden designer or landscaper!!
SketchUp is one of the most versatile, user-friendly software. With a particularly good entry-level cost with the PRO version, the most used by professionals, for only €300 a year on a subscription basis. With this software, you can do everything from the 3D modeling of your garden project to the 2D plans for planting, construction…
SketchUp Basics for Garden Designers course updated
The online course SketchUp for Garden Designers as been completely updated for SketchUp PRO 2021. Like all my courses the they are video based and using a Windows PC, if you have Mac the differences are not very significant and you can still do this course. Check out the full curriculum and preview videos on…
When to use Vegetation Paint in Twinmotion 2020!
The Vegetation Paint tool that can be found in the Context menu in Twinmotion 2020 it´s an amazing way to create an interesting background for your Twinmotion renderings. Check out the renderings at the end of the video! 🖥Online courses here: https://gardendesigntools.thinkific.com/ #gardendesigntools #lumionforgardens #twinmotionforgardens I’m preparing for a Live Stream on Lumion PRO 10.5…
Next week’s a Planting Design challenge 💡
Normally 3D renderings can be challenging regarding the vegetation library available for garden designer’s and landscapers. To demonstrate that it’s possible with some tricks to have not only a sense of the vegetation you want to propose in your design but to recreate a more naturalistic imagery I decided to give myself a challenge! A…
How to Start 3D Modelling if you a Garden Designer!
So you want to start exploring the 3D world but don’t know where to start? This video is for you, it’s really important to don’t compromise your design ideas when you explore the 3D world of modelling and rendering, make sure you stay true to your design concept. If you need help regarding 3D modelling…
Creating immersive presentations for your design ideas
Working remotely and having to present your design ideas to your client can be a challenge if you normally have a more tradicional working method. Programs like SketchUp, Lumion or Twinmotion can help you to create a more immersive experience to share with your clients without you having to be directly beside him for him…
Twinmotion 2020 is Live! Check out some renderings and first impressions video!
The growth setting is definitely one of my favourite features from the Twinmotion 2020. I would like to see more plants in the library but it looks promising. Check out this renderings: In this video, I give you my first impressions on Twinmotion 2020, check out the renderings I’ve done at the end of…
Is Fine Detail Nature a game changer in Lumion PRO 10?
It’s fine detail nature a game changer for garden designers and landscape architects? In the beginning, I didn’t think so but now? I changed my mind. This is one of the cases that you really need to render your images first to really appreciate the results and the subtlety of the light quality and natural…
Lumion PRO 10 Demo from a SketchUp model
Last week I’ve chosen the Lumion Demo winner, the landscape architect Sara Peternel from @sara.peternel_landscapedesign. So this is her SketchUp model that I transformed using Lumion Pro 10 tools. My objective with this small demo it’s to really show what Lumion can do specially for gardens. The vegetation possibilities together with the light specs in…
Talking about plants inside Lumion PRO 10
In this video, I talk about plants inside Lumion, more specifically Lumion PRO 10, and why this is the main reason Lumion is such a great tool for garden designers and landscape architects. Check out our SketchUp Warehouse collections here: https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/manage/bcb4be24-22d6-492b-88eb-95971f48886c?nav=collections&sortBy=createTime%20DESC, you can easily add plants to your Lumion library. Create and save planting combinations…
Software options for garden designers and landscape architects, my opinion!
What’s the best software available for garden designers and landscape architects? Have you have tried to google garden design software? Try and tell me what comes up, pretty bad hmmm? Specially ig you type Garden Design a lot of the options are for amateur gardeners and not a professional software that are going to help…
4 Lighting Solutions Inside Lumion Pro 9
Lumion is a great way to show, not only your lighting creativity as a garden designer or landscape architect, but as well as to show the lighting equipment give you the chance to suggest to your client, specific elements like you would do with furniture for example. Check out the final renderings at the end…
Easy Post-production Tips for Rendering Images
In this video I show some easy post-production tips using Photoshop and NIK collection, you can use the same effects in any other editor. This specific effects I use for renderings to be used in digital mediums only, not in printed materials. If working mobile you should try the Snapseed free app for Android and…
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