POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Untitled Portrait : Re: Untitled Portrait Server Time
11 Aug 2024 19:33:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Untitled Portrait  
From: Tim Cook
Date: 29 Jan 2004 20:05:54
Message: <4019adf2@news.povray.org>
Slime wrote:
> It's great as far as composition goes, but it's *way* too dark! Brighten
> that up! Bring up the light source or postprocess it! Even if you're going
> for a dark feel to it with lots of shadows and stuff, you need at least some
> contrast so that it's easy for people to view.

No you don't.  High contrast is overrated, especially with
art teachers.  If you're going for high contrast, fine, but
it isn't the end-all, be-all of design elements.  Low contrast
is just fine, too, and is sometimes far more appropriate for
the subject matter.


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