A comment from an IRender user.

I am an instructor at a community college and recently was searching out renderers that work with SketchUp. One thing that was very frustrating is that many sites explain how to use their renderer with just daylight. I needed a good renderer that could work with artificial lighting. It also had to be relatively easy to use right out of the box.

The renderer I finally chose was IRender nXt -  http://www.renderplus.com. They have great tutorials and student pricing. Here is a link to my final render with your same settings (10 minutes): http://faculty.kirkwood.edu/jlopez/andre-house-irender-nxt.jpg  Rendering with IRender nXt - default settings

New Rendering with improved water and bump maps, etc.

Jorge Lopez

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