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10 Aug 2024 11:22:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Outdoor Lighting Tutorial?  
From: Remco de Korte
Date: 13 Jan 2000 16:54:28
Message: <387E4905.21A1FFD0@xs4all.nl>
jivvy wrote:
> 
> > I don't know of any offical tutorial, but short of radiosity for
> correct
> > lighting I would have one main light, then duplicate lights in a
> ring
> around
> > the origin (or look_at point), but each of the secondary lights
> should be
> low,
> > less than 0.5 in color value and have the shadowless keyword should
> be
> > included.
> 
> Just tried this and it's perfect -- puts enough light in the black
> shadows
> to give some depth without killing the shadows.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Claire

A trick I read somewhere that isn't really realistic but works quite
nice is to put some extra blue in the light opposite to the main light
source. It's supposedly what Hollywood does (whatever that is...).

Remco


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