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well, it's quite true. But you can learn to do it, too. It's not magic.
I have added all the info you need (I hope) to the post above.

aha... yes - be sure any smoothed curved surfaces in SketchUp are either GROUPED or inside of a COMPONENT.
For some reason, without that, they will not be rendered smoothly. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Massimo (member of this forum) posted a great scene he created in SketchUp. You may download a version of it here ready to render : Diamonds-UncompromisingBlackByMassimo.zip How this scene renders on Easy 10 Interior + setting. UncompromisingBlackByMassimo_thumbweb.jpg Original Rendering by Massimo:...

OK, remember when rendering Gemstones (Highly suggest to use the gemstone material library): lighting setup is key. HDRI will be good combined with one light in the scene. (if this light in the scene is a mesh emitter, very good.) Easy 10 will be best. Try some of these great free HDR photography st...

oh, well, in that case, the strangeness here may be just due to .jpg compression artifacts or something.

I really like the idea you had for the marbles

Here's a short tutorial for this scene. It's so simple, it's a bit scary. :o Steps: Open model. Apply Textures from library or template. Add ground plane. Load HDR in Probe or Spherical Sky type. Set Camera focus point. Render Camera-Pentax-Easy9-nopostpro.png Detailed Instructions: Search for "...

nice one, Massimo,
Try the Easy Settings Folder "Medium+" or "High+" setting for better AA
Even Low+ may look really good and be faster - but caustics may or may not be good with that setting.

OK. Do you have any idea what the technical term is for this type of glass? I need to try to create the material with the correct physical properties.

Here's Camera 1 with Bye Bye Blue Sky Treatment and then Post Pro Secret #1.

Here's "camera 3" with Bye Bye Blue Sky Treatment to eliminate the blue from the HDR sky lighting, and then a treatment with the free and amazing Motiva Real Camera