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15 Aug 2024 16:30:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Islands - WIP  
From: Xplo Eristotle
Date: 20 May 2002 13:15:16
Message: <3CE92FF2.CAD9FC07@unforgettable.com>
Slime wrote:
> 
> This is an image which I put down for a bit not too long ago and now plan on
> resuming. Suggestions?

Others have given good suggestions which I won't repeat, but the islands
seem REALLY dark given the lighting suggested by the sky. If you have a
light_source for a sun, crank that puppy up! Or increase the diffuse in
your textures, or something, but playing with the sun seems to be the
easiest way...

On that note, are you using radiosity (I'm guessing no)? Even the crappy
stuff (say, count 30, error_bound 1, recursion_limit 1 or 2) would
provide a good "ambient" effect without washing everything out like
ambient does, and help brighten up the islands as well.

One other thing: the water just looks WEIRD. No highlighting at all in
the foreground, and weak reflection from the islands, and yet, at the
horizon it's actually brighter than the sky?

-Xplo


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