1. SU Podium V2 Images of the month - Seasons greetings
2. Podium Browser - Christmas components and hundreds of 2D people
3. Podium Walker - release candidate, still free beta

1. SU Podium V2/ Browser images of the month

We start out this December 2012 What's New with new images created by Davor Petranovic and Nicolas Harvey using a combination of SketchUp modeling, new Podium Browser components and SU Podium V2 rendering.



This Christmas scene was modeled in SketchUp with items from the Christmas category in Podium Browser as well as other categories. Rendered using SU Podium V2 only. No post processing. Modeled by Davor Petranovic.

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Modeled in SketchUp. People from Podium Browser People category. Rendered using SU Podium V2. Post processing such as snow, sky in Photoshop. Modeled and rendered by Nicolas Harvey. Click on the image above to see a larger viewer

Both images illustrate the new components that were released this month in Podium Browser. Please read about these below.

2. Christmas components and hundreds of 2D people for Podium Browser

Podium Browser Paid content keeps growing rapidly with over 4,000 components ranging from furniture, furnishings, Podium materials, advanced light fixtures, backgrounds, transportation items, bathroom, living room, kitchen components....all ready to render using SU Podium V2. Using these render-ready items help you create high quality images with SU Podium V2 even easier.

This month we released a Christmas category including 3D Christmas trees and dozens of dynamic component based ornaments. We also released three hundred new 2D face me people based on original photographs. More are coming. These items can be used in SketchUp and rendered in SU Podium V2. Check out the Christmas and 2D people pages.

3. Podium Walker - release candidate Windows/ Mac still in beta and free

Podium Walker, the photo-realistic animation plug-in for both SketchUp and Podium V2, beta 4 for both Mac and Windows was released in November and as we tweak Podium Walker so it can handle larger SketchUp models, the beta has been extended to the end of December.



This video by Nicolas Harvey, combines Podium Walker animations with SU Podium created images. There's a lot of Browser components in this model as well. Click on the image to launch a You Tube video and make sure you watch it in HD.

Read about in Podium Walker here.