Introduction to SketchUp for Architects and Interior Designers
The Background
A course by Kritika Thakur , Architect
Grasp the basics of Sketchup and create 3d models for architecture and interior design.
About the video: The Background
Overview
“Now, you'll see how to edit and add an interesting background to the exploded axonometric view. ”
In this video lesson Kritika Thakur addresses the topic: The Background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to SketchUp for Architects and Interior Designers. Grasp the basics of Sketchup and create 3d models for architecture and interior design..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we will see how to edit and add an interesting background to the exploded axonometric view. Come with me. Now I'm going to drag my PNG file to this file, the PNG file that we have exported from SketchUp. Go back and here you can see in files, here I have the PNG file of my bedroom. So click here, drag and drop it to Photoshop like this. So now it is asking me if I want to scale it or transform it. So let's just scale it a little bit. Press shift so that you transform it or scale it up, scale it down uniformly. Press shift key and then select one corner and then drag. This mu...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to SketchUp for Architects and Interior Designers
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Category
Architecture & Spaces -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp -
Areas
Architecture, ArchVIZ, Digital Architecture, Interior Design, Spatial Design

A course by Kritika Thakur
Kritika is an architect and founder of @art.ikki, a platform dedicated to creating 2D and 3D architectural illustrations. With a track record in online teaching, Kritika has helped over 1200 students improve their digital design skills.
Her focus is on the clarity and simplicity of architectural presentations, using tools such as SketchUp and Photoshop to transform ideas into detailed visual representations.
Throughout her career, Kritika has collaborated with various companies in India and abroad, such as Morpholio, Devallum, Studio Built Environment and Terra Design House, where she has applied her experience in digital illustration for architectural projects.
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