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Professional Watercolor Renderings Using Photoshop and Revit

by Steve Baker

This course fills in the gap between Revit photorealistic model renderings and the need for more painterly and stylized renderings by teaching watercolor painting methods using Photoshop. Software required: Photoshop, Robert Ardill Plugin and Action Scripts.

What you'll learn

As a BIM professional, sometimes you need to work with non-photorealistic renderings into your work. In this course, Professional Watercolor Renderings Using Photoshop and Revit, you'll learn the process of integrating non-photorealistic watercolor painting techniques using Photoshop and Revit. First, you'll learn how to export Revit views and how to use the action scripts created by Robert Ardill to prepare Photoshop for creating realistic watercolor effects. Then, you will learn how to use various painting methods to create sky effects, landscape elements, and how to create hand drawn lines. Finally you'll learn how to convert photos of people and vehicles to hand drawn illustrations, and how to create a professional quality watercolor renderings of Revit models. By the end of this course, you'll know all of the steps that are necessary to create hand crafted and professional looking watercolor renderings of your Revit projects. Software required: Photoshop, Robert Ardill Plugin and Action Scripts.

About the author

Steve Baker is a licensed architect with over nineteen years of experience designing worship spaces, buildings, furnishings, and creating stunning architectural visualizations. He has designed, managed, coordinated, and provided architectural vision to many projects across the nation. His specialty is creating architectural visualizations that greatly assist in project fundraising efforts. Additionally, he is a currently working towards his Ph.D. in Design and Planning. He is an instructor at th... more

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