SU Walk Video Tutorials

Table of Contents

• A complete look at SU Walk - long version - 10 minutes
• An introduction to SU Walk

Step 1: Preparing the SketchUp model

• Applying reflections to single faces: Flat Mirror
• Applying reflections to curved faces: Environment Mapping
• Artificial Lights
• Bump maps and shine

Step 2: Creating the photo-realistic animation

• Creating the key frame animation
• Final animation - saving the video file

New: Using SU Animate to create the key frames in SketchUp

• Creating the key frames in SketchUp with SU Animate: Check out this video
• Importing the key frames into SU Walk quickly: Check out this video

SU Walk - Introduction Videos

Download these SketchUp 8 models used that are used in the SU Walk video tutorials The Before model has no SU Walk rendering properties. as it is, it can be imported to SU Walk. The After model has lights, reflections applied to it and can be imported directly into SU Walk for greater realism.

Sample model - before

Sample model - after

What is SU Walk - long version - 10 minutes

Venture into the world of SU Walk and see what this program is all about. This video tutorial combines all the below video tutorials into one to examine what you can expect to create with your SketchUp model and SU Walk.

What is SU Walk - short introduction

Venture into the world of SU Walk and see what this program is all about. This video tutorial is a short introduction in to what you can expect to create with your SketchUp model and SU Walk.

Apply reflections in SketchUp with SU Walk plug-in: Flat Mirror

If you want realistic photo-realistic reflections to be displayed in your SU Walk animation, you need to apply flat mirror to SketchUp faces using the SU Walk plug-in.

Apply reflections in SketchUp with SU Walk plug-in: Environment Mapping

If you want reflections on curved faces in your SketchUp model, you need to apply Environment Mapping to a SketchUp group.

Add artificial lights for your SU Walk animation

If you need artificial lighting in your SU Walk animation, add Lights to your Sketchup model using the Podium Browser.

Add bump maps or shine to your SketchUp textures for your SU Walk animation

Bump maps and shine effects can be added to your SketchUp model's texture for your SU Walk animation

SU Walk - Creating the photo-realistic animation

SU Walk is a photo-realistic, animation program. This video examines how to create the animations.

SU Walk - Saving your animation to a video format

SU Walk is a photo-realistic, animation program. This video examines the final video and how to save the animation to a video format like MPEG.

SU Animate - create a SketchUp key frame non-photo-realistic animation

SU Animate is a SketchUp plug-in that creates SketchUp based animations so is non-photorealistic. But you can create key frames quickly and then export them to SU Walk.

Import the SketchUp model into SU Walk with the scenes

Importing the key frames into SU Walk quickly with the SketchUp model