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- I'm having some problems getting a couple of my scenes lit correctly and
- I'm wondering if someone could post some of the "tricks" they've used to
- achieve different moods through lighting?
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- Up until a few months ago, most of my scenes had the basic lighting
- configuration (Keylight=100%, BackLight=70%, FillLight=40%) with little
- or no ambient light, but I'm just not happy with that look anymore and my
- attempts to come up with something better haven't worked too well.
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- One of the shots I'm having trouble with is an underwater scene where the
- lighting is very subdued, but I'm not happy with the lack of detail in
- the rendered images...if I increase the lighting to bring out more detail,
- then I lose the "mood" of the shot.
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- Another anim I'm having problems with is a space scene...I have one very
- bright Distant light that casts harsh shadows to simulate a sun, but I
- want details in the dark areas to be visible when the camera moves into
- shadowed areas...if I add other dim Distant light sources to slightly
- illuminate these dark areas, "it just doesn't look right." (quoting the
- people that check my work for me)
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- -David Warner
- dwarner@albany.net
- http://www.albany.net/~dwarner
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