I have talked in the past about how I thought rendering was too complicated and too hard to do for the average Sketchupper. I thought I was right until I discovered Shaderlight, the rendering plugin for Sketchup. Check out some of the renderings I have done:

Shaderlight has proven to be a powerful, and very easy to use tool. If you understand Sketchup, then you can understand Shaderlight. As with any program, its always good to have a good teacher. Its even better if you can learn from a master. Martin Cox, the senior Shaderlight Ninja will be offering a free, yes, a FREE web seminar on lighting in Shaderlight on Thursday, April 14th at 1pm EST. Click here to sign up! Ingredients required to view this recipe of awesome? A computer, monitor, and a dash of internet. Thats it!

I've already seen him present in person, and I can tell you it will be worth it!