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- on the cd itself, otherwise do a 'about' and if it says Lightwave 4.0 you
- have A otherwise it will tell you have B
-
- hey, while we are at it, check out my web site which is still under
- construction: http://execpc.com/~legacy
-
- On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Bill Ford wrote:
-
- > Where do I look to find out which rev. I have?
- >
- > Thanks :)
- >
- > -Bill Ford
- >
- >
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- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:28:32 -0600
- From: Alan Lloyd <alan.lloyd@stpaul.gov>
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- >>> <AMcCon@aol.com> 01/10/96 12:25pm >>>
- >Like David and others, I have also enjoyed the thread on lighting and
- >would like to see more discussion. For those of you working on your
- >lighting: when was the last time you tried your hand at a B&W scene in
- >Lightwave?
-
- Haven't...but when I get back to it tomorrow, since I'm taking my g.f. out
- tonight (a guy's gotta get away from the 'puter at _some_ point, or so she
- tells me) I certainly intend to!
-
- (deletions re: Val Lewton et al, w/the note that his stuff was truly cheesy,
- but fun)
-
- >One thing I find myself using a lot in LW is a spotlight with an extremely
- >wide cone angle, with the cone edge angle set to the same value. Set the
- >intensity fall-off of the light to some non-zero value (depending on your
- >scene). This gives a nice approximation of, and can be used much like, a
- >Softlight. (In fact, most of the lights in my scenes are spotlights, because
- >of the increased control you have over these.)
-
- Do you use this in conjunction with shadow mapping? I know that's the
- most frustrating aspect of Lightwvae for me, trying to get it to act like real
- light! Thanx for the tip!
-
-