Vray for SketchUp - Getting Started (How to Create Your First Photorealistic Rendering)

[@SketchUpSchool]

Did you learn something new in this video? Which part of the Render-Ready checklist will you implement first? 🤔 Do us a quick favor and tell us in the comments below right now, or just let us know you liked the video by giving it a like 👍 📢ALSO, we have more Vray for SketchUp tutorials you should check out in this playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnOThJikZb-FqJo

[@thuynguyenthanh2878]

i think i will use component and layer first. your tip really usefull. thankyou sir !

[@yamin-ul-zaman9957]

SketchUp School can you please suggest me a budget laptop or desktop hardware requirements for fast rendering

[@crechecreepy4190]

I had never thought about orienting my model. Thank you, it's a great tip!

[@benthrossell5961]

Really useful video, but you could be more concise at the start. Thanks :)

[@abdulrazik8696]

Is V ray free or not ?

[@wotrontv9721]

dude, not only i liked your way of explanation i subscribed in an instance! No mumbling, clear voice, no strange leveling up your voice, no boring explanations. Just perfect!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Wow - we really appreciate the kind words! Thank you!!

[@cassidykenneth316]

Yes. u r right

[@oye2436]

My whole class at Nottingham sat down to watch your videos ...you mean so much to us

[@SketchUpSchool]

That's incredible to hear!

[@supersweet69]

​@@SketchUpSchool Same at my university in London

[@dhruvbs]

Fantastic video. No intimidation. Concise and no flair. Love it.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad you liked it! You should also know that we just released an updated version of this video that you can watch here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Slg6CEnpqChNE

[@laneyell]

I thought i was ready to learn v-ray but after watching this video, I realized I still have a lot to learn on sketchup. Thanks so much for this!!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad this video helped you!

[@AnaWK88]

I like Alex, he's a natural, quite charismatic and explains well. Thanks for this!

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome! (And thank you for the kind words! 😊)

[@76MARD]

The way u explain is great! Never get bored with a teacher like u, Alex. Great job! Thanks for the videos, extremely helpful. Thank u

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@76MARD]

Appreciate that u replied to my comments. Was watching another of your videos. I think I really need to get time out sit with your lectures fm A to Z

[@christophershieldsandcompany]

A fantastic introduction, SketchUp School, thank you. As a long time SU user who has been timid of jumping into the world of photorealistic rendering, you have given me the confidence to go for it! Thank you!

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're very welcome!

[@viviennejoubert]

True He's awesome

[@zareenhumayra8874]

5:50 You explain everything so easily and in such a well composed manner! Everything looks like a piece of cake from this point! Thanks mate!

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!

[@charithalingam1104]

Loved every bit of the video. This is the first video I watched and I'm already in love with your work. Awesome!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Wow - so grateful to hear you loved the video! Thanks for taking the time to let us know!

[@ezequielrivas]

Les comparto mi PLAYLIST de Spotify que uso para hacer mis renders 🤗 www.toneden.io/ezequielrivas04/post/escuch-la-mejor-playlist-para-hacer-tus-rendes

[@SilviaKarounos]

Great video!. I am self taught sketch up person, learning by videos and a lot of effort and dedication for about 3 years, and never saw an explanation so clear, thanks so much!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Really happy to hear this video was helpful for you!

[@Rahma-st2gj]

this saved my life i used to struggle with 3ds max but now I'm leaving it and going for sketchup instead. tysm!!

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You're welcome!

[@justmusicnow1]

EXTREMELY helpful, you explained everything very clearly. I came with so many questions in my mind about a project I'm working on, solved them all ! So lucky ! Your advice on polygons is gold.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Wow - thank you for the kind words! We're so happy this video was helpful for you!

[@alviandacosta7012]

You got a like, a subscriber and a buzzer on from an old guy. TNice tutorials is the best soft soft tutorial I've seen so far. You covered a lot of

[@SketchUpSchool]

Awesome, thank you!

[@nayeemrin9069]

Alex thanks for advice. What I learned year after year. You just summarized within few minute. I prefer your course to everyone before they get started with Vray and sketchup. 😊

[@SketchUpSchool]

Wow - that's incredible to hear! Thank you for taking the time to leave the nice feedback!

[@stas9124]

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS OF MY LIFE!!!!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad we finally found each other! 😉

[@willykitheka7618]

Hi.Am just starting off with SketchUp and Vray and the first part of the checklist I will be implementing will be the Model Orientation followed closely by file optimization. Thanks alot for sharing. I will go ahead and enrol in SketchUp School.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Awesome - we're looking forward to having you take our full V-Ray for SketchUp course!

[@jackh_irl]

These videos are excellent - and they have so many additional, really helpful, pointers! Thank you!

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're very welcome!

[@MANaboutTOOLS]

Great tips! Just what I needed!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Awesome - glad we could help!

[@giovannimosquera9257]

This video was very import as an introduction to V-Ray. Thank you for clear and to the point instruction.

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're very welcome!

[@katjagovednik]

This was one of the best explanation!! Keep up the work ;) Loved it!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thank you! Will do!

[@vuyelwaxaba2894]

Good tips, I also love the sense of humor at the end😂😂

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@yanvandervelkiss4069]

i got nothing to say... you are soooooo perfect man! i love your work

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thanks a lot!

[@brianboyle1812]

Long time sketchup user and found this video very helpful. Thanks!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@brianonyedikachi8393]

Brilliant! Thank you for the headsup! I'd be starting off again with Sketch up and using Vray and this is a head start!

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!

[@BerkantAtici]

know your basics course is just what I needed. Taking it a day at a ti so I can fully grasp the core of soft.

[@jajad.8634]

Orienting the model is a must. Because lighting is very important in rendering

[@SketchUpSchool]

Agreed - glad you liked that tip!

[@Majadotcom]

Just what I was looking for!! Amazingly clear and precise explanation! So lucky I've seen this before my V ray adventure. Thanks for sharing!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Great - glad you liked the video!

[@adetoun]

Wow. Here is a school in a box!! Well done Alex your teaching is superb and exemplary like I'm in a classroom; if I had known I would have started learning on this before wasting loads of money without learning about rendering and visualisation soon but you make it seem so seamless; Keep the good work!!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thank you for the amazingly kind words! It's never too late to go back and pick-up any of the fundamentals you've missed along the way. Hopefully our videos here on KZbin as well as our Video Courses on our website will continue to be helpful for you!

[@sabanera7]

Wow; its amazing!!! I have years trying to conquer Vray and now im starting again so this recomendations are so helpful!!!!!! I will definitly apply all of them but that one about poligons and realistic details according with the camera position blow my mind!!! a Great video and so enjoyable too... THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Wow - thank you for the kind words! Really happy to hear that we've been able to help you break-through with SketchUp & V-Ray!

[@bisvizstudio1242]

every second of this video is worth-listen and important!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Wow - thanks for the kind words!

[@StreetArchitecture]

THE “PIECE OF CAKE” GOT ME! *growl noise* thank you

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!! 😁

[@taylorcatte8036]

I appreciate these so much. You really hit the important points hard and it is very helpful to my type of learning

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kikiramdani2429]

Thank you so much. I just upgraded from Making Waves, so the concepts are familiar, but tNice tutorials is a whole new world! Look forward to

[@SketchUpSchool]

😊

[@andrewdwight5744]

Nice work Alex, well explained easy to follow.

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Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Willz0070]

WOW i love sketchup school. Audible the smooth explanation. I subscribed even before i finish watching the video. please keep it coming i love it. I am sure the public will agree with me👍👍👍👍

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Thanks for the kind words!

[@vagadesign83]

I've always found that its better to label by object rather than colour, say like with your cabinet, calling it 'Navy Cabinet' means that you have to sift through all the colours rather than objects, if you go 'Cabinet Navy' it means that you will find all the colours in that area a lot quicker.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Great point. To take it one step further: You should definitely come up with a system of naming conventions ahead of time that suit your particular project's needs. As you mention: It will save you a bunch of time later when you need to find/edit something.

[@shanmathisolaimalai6816]

Omg. Your classes are amazing

[@SketchUpSchool]

Really appreciate you saying that! Thanks!

[@rupeshhodawadekar9069]

Thank You ! There is lot more to learn from You.

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[@pragnavemula4888]

such an easy explanation wahh thank you sir

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You're welcome!

[@ThanhLe-ec2he]

Thanks for your intuitive explanations! I've watched some of your videos and found out that I still have a lot to learn. Again, your videos are great!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Awesome - thank you for the kind words!

[@akheel_khan]

Explained and executed very well

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad you liked the video!

[@diazli1]

This information will change the way I use sketchup, thank so much, I was not taking these factors into account when rendering in v ray.

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome! Really happy to hear the video was helpful!

[@KatrinaSuing]

Should be called, "Watch This After You Teach Yourself So You Can Curse Your Former Self A Thousand Times Over"

[@SketchUpSchool]

So true... we know the feeling. That's why we wanted to create the video.

[@BayuSenoadi]

forrealllll 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ghassen0]

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[@archihmed311]

Please can you show me how to modify texture color in vray ?!

[@chachey23]

Bet your soft is absolutely amazing! Never give up

[@RajatSharma-yu6if]

I am a newbie in software use. But Somehow I want to learn both of these softwares as soon as possible . Please enlighten my path how to make it easier.

[@SketchUpSchool]

The fastest, most efficient way to learn SketchUp and V-Ray for SketchUp would be to take professional courses that walk through them step-by-step. One option for that would be to take a look at our Video Course Library, which starts with our Complete Intro to SketchUp course and includes a comprehensive set of courses covering V-Ray for SketchUp. You can learn more about our Video Course Library here: www.sketchupschool.com/video-course-library

[@rake8979]

absolutely enlightening... nice videos... gives better insight...

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Happy to hear you're liking our videos!

[@mahsahe4458]

That was really helpful. Thanks a lot

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You're welcome!

[@muhammadaliirfan472]

You are good sir, I have burned too much time, before watching you.... Thank you...

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You're welcome!

[@grahampeachey]

Going to use all the points on that checklist when I start to render and will definitely consider your website for lessons.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Awesome!

[@nefnavarro213]

So smooth! EverytNice tutorialng he says goes into my brain and sticks in.

[@arvineskulin158]

i was about to get into interior collage, and i saw ur vids, its amazing, seems hard but might gonna keep watching ur vids to learn it faster than the other 😂

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad you like our videos!

[@jasheila5414]

It is definitely one of the best and most useful channel on sketchup and vray I came across. Thank you very much for your work! PS. I will start with the first point - checking if the model is well oriented. ;)

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thank you for the kind words - we really appreciate it!

[@Urbanease]

Thank you very much from Hyderabad, India!

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Most welcome!

[@khaleesi5242]

Wow, this is so helpful ,thank you

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You're so welcome!

[@cassidykenneth316]

Hi Bro, for enclosed room do i need to make sure the sun direction is correct before i move forward? because the room got no window no glass at all .....reallyu need u advised.

[@SketchUpSchool]

No, if there is no window and the room is enclosed, the sun direction doesn't matter because it won't shine into the room. You'll just need to add artificial lights to the inside of the room.

[@cassidykenneth316]

Mr Alex thanks for advice , u r always a good teacher and a nice guys.

[@karolinearcia1866]

Perfectly explained! Thanks you so much!

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You're very welcome!

[@Sillysausage97x]

Thank you really appreciate these points!

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You're so welcome!

[@alcamerc9923]

Great app. I have a heavy background with Autocad and Microstation so for me the switch was easy, but anyone can learn this app in almost no time. There is no limit to what you can do, and if you have a good imagination, you should have no trouble at all learning this thing in about a day or so. OK, maybe two days.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@wildriverz]

Hi , would you be interested in doing some sketcup/vray jobs for me ?, cheers Jamie

[@kamalganesh8789]

Great Tutorial !

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@jjgionet1735]

Great video! I am on a mission to start making house plans and renderings. Having a CAD background I started learning Revit. Since I am doing this on my own on my spare time I opted for Revit LT. As you probably know, Revit Lt does not support Vray. I would like your feedback if modeling in Revit Lt, then transferring to Sketch up to then be able to use Vray is a logical cost effective way to render from Revit LT? I would appreciate anyones feedback on this! Thank you

[@SketchUpSchool]

If you are committed to using Revit LT, then yes, your best bet would be to transfer your model into SketchUp to use V-Ray for SketchUp. Other options would be to upgrade to Revit and use V-Ray for Revit to render. Or, you could just create your 3D model in SketchUp natively (and not use Revit at all) and use V-Ray for SketchUp from there.

[@indirash]

great way of explaining, not boring at all!! already subscribed :) thank you!!

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You're welcome (and thank you for subscribing!)

[@maheswaradewanto4011]

Thanks for the advices, really helpfull.

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[@LukeAyers]

Brilliant. Thank you

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[@guillermo2003-f2p]

thank you brother for this very helpful video. more power

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[@narsimhamurthy354]

Good job.i have a project file which has size of 35mb and when i start render with vray sketchup will crash and close all .. but when i try rendering the model which has file size 1.02gb its working. so what you suggest me to check in this problem.

[@SketchUpSchool]

There are many different factors that could be causing a crash. Your best bet would be to post the issue to the V-Ray for SketchUp forums to get help diagnosing the problem: forums.chaosgroup.com/forum/v-ray-for-sketchup-forums

[@narsimhamurthy354]

@@SketchUpSchool I thought you have solution Vray or sketchUP support only licence user they don't give support for trail users. i am already tried that.anyway thanks for reply. continue teaching and learning that's appreciated .. .

[@arvindlingala2439]

Good job jst carry your style easy and simple to understand

[@SketchUpSchool]

Awesome - glad you liked the video!

[@janvanhove87]

Material organistion for sure. Thanks for the video !!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Great: Keeping your materials organized in SketchUp is super helpful. Glad you liked that tip!

[@dusshan1]

can you use sketchup PRO with vray or you need the "studio" subscription which is double the price????? thanks a ton!

[@SketchUpSchool]

You can use SketchUp Pro and then get V-Ray from the Chaos website: www.chaos.com/vray/sketchup/b

[@nickolayignatev6137]

awesome and perfect explanation. My native language is Russian, but I understood everything in this video. Thanks.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Wow - that's great to hear! Glad you liked the video!

[@aprintojoss8079]

Hi, it's very long to find this guidance.... But I am still need more guidance in my drawing. I am still newbie to learn SU with VR. In my drawing, I had a box with 5 different materials and 3 position of light : front, left and right. In SU, I can extract these 5 materials. And after render with VR, I need the 5 faces after get VR lights. How can I extract these 5 faces ? Pls guide me. Thx in advance ...

[@SketchUpSchool]

Please send this question to [e-mail] and an instructor will try to help.

[@garyspeed8961]

great video , thanks... one important setting you did not mention is making sure all your model only shows front faces....allowing you to render single sided materials in rendering software...theoretically reducing render time by 50%... 6 things you need to know and this is probably number 1 on complex models

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thanks for adding this helpful tip! We really appreciate it!

[@zlataha]

Can you elaborate on that a bit? Do you have an option in Vray for Sketchup for rendering only front faces? And what does "theoretically" mean here, have you tried it and does it really render faster? Thanks in advance.

[@garyspeed8961]

@@zlataha I am not familiar with Vray but I would expect it has a setting to enable [single sided] rendering...ie front face only.. so if you are careful with your SU model and make sure only front faces are external,, ie no back faces visible,, you can take advantage of the rendering software option to render single sided... eg reducing the face count by 50%... the face count reduction may not be as large as that as other software factors may also reduce face count.. eg camera field of view or line of sight... here is a link to a 3DMax explanation of this knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-4EACDADD-2F96-4869-91EC-34983EBED732-htm.html

[@zlataha]

@@garyspeed8961 As far as I know, V-ray (for Sketchup) does not have that option.

[@llzlk]

Thank you man! Amazing video! Simple and concise!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thank you for watching!

[@video2350]

Good checklist. Thanks

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!

[@petershamplantsman5250]

Can you put photorealistic plants in Sketchup with or without Vray?

[@SketchUpSchool]

You can put more realistic looking 3D plant models with more details into your SketchUp model, but for them to be photorealistic they need to have realistic materials and lighting which can only come from a rendering software like V-Ray.

[@jayunplugged71]

Awesome tutorial. Tx

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!

[@martinbengtsson8483]

Any tips? I’m a newbie learning

[@calderart]

My contractor is asking about rendering software. Simply, an example is a customer wants to add pocket lights outside but wants to see a rendering of different options. What is the most user friendly software to be able to take a picture of your project, import it and the add pocket lights to see how they look.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Unfortunately, there really isn't a software that gives you a super simple way to do that. You would have to use a 3D modeling software like SketchUp to import the picture and then manually draw a 3D model of the room based off the picture, then use a rendering software to add the realistic lighting (and switch between different options). So you can definitely use SketchUp to do what you want, but if you're new to SketchUp, it's not a quick thing to learn and accomplish. You would need to plan to invest the time into learning how to use SketchUp well, and then more time into how to create realistic renderings. (This would be true in other 3D and rendering software too).

[@calderart]

@@SketchUpSchool Thanks for the input. I doubt he'll want to or be able to do that. It's really basic but I've managed an artistic mockup using MS Paint. Cheers. If you know of a better software that could be used the same way I'd be open to trying that.

[@everydayisalesson7277]

Thank you brother,god bless you!

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!

[@lama.abuelatta]

please speak about sketchup 2021 version problems ! and also vray 5 problem of finished loadig plugins !

[@SketchUpSchool]

We are just about to release a new version of this video and will cover any updates from SketchUp 2021 and V-Ray 5. Be sure to subscribe to our channel and turn-on notifications so you are alerted when the new video is published... likely within the next couple of weeks.

[@lama.abuelatta]

@@SketchUpSchool already subscribed .. your videos are informative and professional .. waiting for your next video and please include the problems of the new release of sketchup and vray 5 .. as well how to fix them, thanks :)

[@pxmaarch7998]

Can i use vray 3.4 for sketchup 2018?

[@SketchUpSchool]

No, V-Ray 3.4 doesn't work in SketchUp 2018

[@ziyafuataral8512]

Hi Alex thanks for short cuts

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!

[@gouravdey2856]

lots of helpful tips ! Thank you !

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome. Thank you for watching!

[@ocara24]

Thank you for this video! I learned using vray by myself and this video enlightened me in some areas I was really frustrated with.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Learning alone can be frustrating - glad we were able to help!

[@ghassen0]

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[@jpauto-hanhat399]

Thank you for this video. It's so useful

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it!

[@crechecreepy4190]

Incredible video! This has been most helpful. Thanks!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@afifhaiqal2159]

I was rather hoping that it would be possible to open another instance of soft soft VST in rewire and drag stuff from one to another but

[@andersondallmann]

Very good! Thank you for the tips.

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!

[@laliserrate3052]

Genius! Thank you! This was really really helpful!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Wow! That's great! Glad we could help!

[@michaelangelonavia1471]

Thank you SketchUp School and sir Alex Oliver for this great tips and checklist! cheers!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thank you for watching. Cheers to you!

[@rezzcaurus]

this tutorial Helps alot, keep it up guys ..

[@SketchUpSchool]

We will!

[@CriticalBash]

as Sketchup + Vray for years, I still have a problem and still waiting for a new free feature called "unwarp texture" and another called "texture nodes" similar to 3ds max, because I used Vray in the texture as a plain color of diffuse parameters that does not need to use an image like for the metal texture, but the problem is the bump map texture, there is no other way to change its size but to change the UV texture placement parameters itself, I don't want to use that parameter section because it repeats almost you still need to try 50 times just to be able to adjust the exact size in the simple box of the 3D object, the bad thing is that you don't have the freedom to adjust the texture to the exact shape of a 3D object from edge to edge, i tried everything i can do to fix it, i even try to make temporary bitmap for the diffuse parameter just to be able to follow the bump map exact placement, but when i tried to remove the bitmap from diffuse parameter again, the bump map turns back to it's original UV placement but in very small size.

[@SketchUpSchool]

If you haven't already, you should be sure to share this feedback with the V-Ray team on their user forums: forums.chaos.com/

[@trdesigns3d]

very clear and technics, Tq brother

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!

[@ufluchral7008]

When i render my model the quality of final image is very low. I increased both quality and size but it still doesn't work . If it's possible, please create a video based on quality settings.

[@SketchUpSchool]

If you contact us at [e-mail] and send along your SketchUp file, we can take a closer look and see if we can help you figure out the issue.

[@simmichacko]

My future self thanks you!!👍😀

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome! 😁

[@gobindstudio2005]

Best pc and graphic card required for using sketchup and vray sir

[@SketchUpSchool]

Check out V-Ray's Benchmark results here to see the best CPUs and GPUs: benchmark.chaosgroup.com/next/cpu

[@matheussousa4045]

How you start setuping can you do a video on that

[@maartenbaas9044]

thanks for making and sharing

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome!

[@kaviarasanjs1509]

Really helpful!!,I'll go with organising models first.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad it was helpful!