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• WA commented on Video made using Google SketchUp for $12
  @NoseHat: I agree that the use of SketchUp gave the video a certain intentionally unrealistic and generated feel that looked interesting and novel, and went quite far to distract from all of the limitations and problems of using SketchUp by turning those limitations into advantages. Blender is far more powerful, and has a much better workflow, but making something that would look decent would require far more skill and effort: something made poorly in Blender will look worse than something made poorly in SketchUp, in my opinion: SketchUp seems almost designed to make relatively amateur workmanship look passable, while Blender...
• DefMech commented on Video made using Google SketchUp for $12
  So many people criticizing Sketchup for not being as sophisticated as Blender. That's like complaining that your screwdriver set isn't a CNC mill. Well, DUH. What Sketchup does, it does better than anything else. It allows you to quickly model architectural forms without having to concern yourself with the underlying geometry and sophisticated rules of typical poly modeling. It also has one of the simplest, easy to grasp interfaces of any 3D application in existence....
• Amplifier commented on Video made using Google SketchUp for $12
  Anon at #11 You beat me, exactly what I was going to post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot...
• nosehat commented on Video made using Google SketchUp for $12
  @#14 Anonymous: I've stayed away from SketchUp because I was under the impression you needed the pro version to export anything other than a 2D snapshot. Officially, this is the case. Only the Pro version of SketchUp exports 3DS, OBJ, XSI, FBX, VRML and DAE files. However, a little digging uncovered this clever workaround. So you are correct, the free version of SketchUp can produce DAE files. At least until Google patches this. :)...
• sumitsumit commented on Video made using Google SketchUp for $12
  I love this genre of video; here's one I made for one of my own songs, an animated story done completely in Powerpoint... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxENPw8MZ6Y&feature=channel_page...