"Gail Shaw" <gshaw AT sentechsa com> wrote in message
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> "Tim Nikias" <JUSTTHELOWERCASE:timISNOTnikias(at)gmx.netWARE> wrote in
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> > > I've been trying, without much success to get the lighting right,
> > forground
> > > visible and background hinted at but not shown clearly. I think this
is
> > the
> > > closst I've got.
> >
> > It's *very* dark. Can't see much except the foreground. Three peeps
> standing
> > in very deep shadow.
>
> I know. I want it to be dark, but this is a little too dark
>

maybe fake it the way they do in the movies or t.v., cool colored low-light
areas where it's dark, and warm colored light where it's brighter. They
manage to give the impression that it's dark without it being hard to see

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"Ross" <rli### [at] everestkcnet> wrote in message
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> maybe fake it the way they do in the movies or t.v., cool colored
low-light
> areas where it's dark, and warm colored light where it's brighter. They
> manage to give the impression that it's dark without it being hard to see

Ah! Brilliant idea. Where did you pick that up? Do you work in TV?

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"Gail Shaw" <gshaw AT sentechsa com> wrote in message
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> "Ross" <rli### [at] everestkcnet> wrote in message
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> >
> > maybe fake it the way they do in the movies or t.v., cool colored
> low-light
> > areas where it's dark, and warm colored light where it's brighter. They
> > manage to give the impression that it's dark without it being hard to
see
>
> Ah! Brilliant idea. Where did you pick that up? Do you work in TV?
>
>

Nope, just grew up watching way too much of it :)

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"Gail Shaw" <gshaw AT sentechsa com> wrote:
> "Ross" <rli### [at] everestkcnet> wrote in message
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> >
> > maybe fake it the way they do in the movies or t.v., cool colored
> low-light
> > areas where it's dark, and warm colored light where it's brighter. They
> > manage to give the impression that it's dark without it being hard to see
>
> Ah! Brilliant idea. Where did you pick that up? Do you work in TV?

This is an occupational disease  known as YKYHBRTTL :-)

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"Stephen" <mca### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> This is an occupational disease  known as YKYHBRTTL :-)
> As if you didn't know :-}

All too well, it's one I suffer from too.

Staring at the wall for 20 minutes pondering how to create that texture. *g*

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"Gail Shaw" <gshaw AT sentechsa com> wrote:
> "Stephen" <mca### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> > This is an occupational disease  known as YKYHBRTTL :-)
> > As if you didn't know :-}
>
> All too well, it's one I suffer from too.
>
> Staring at the wall for 20 minutes pondering how to create that texture. *g*

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"Stephen" <mca### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> You're lucky, if you can get away with that one at work :-)

Work's all glass and chrome (modern office block). Now resteraunts tend to
have interesting walls, especially the rustic-type ones.

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"Gail Shaw" <gshaw AT sentechsa com> wrote:
> "Stephen" <mca### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> > You're lucky, if you can get away with that one at work :-)
>
> Work's all glass and chrome (modern office block). Now resteraunts tend to
> have interesting walls, especially the rustic-type ones.


Glass and chrome is too hard to get looking good. How do you distress it?

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"Gail Shaw" <gshaw AT sentechsa com> wrote in message
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> "Ross" <rli### [at] everestkcnet> wrote in message
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> >
> > maybe fake it the way they do in the movies or t.v., cool colored
> low-light
> > areas where it's dark, and warm colored light where it's brighter. They
> > manage to give the impression that it's dark without it being hard to
see
>
> Ah! Brilliant idea. Where did you pick that up? Do you work in TV?
>
>

Just for kicks, I thought I'd try it with a simple scene (I was just
assuming it could be done earlier ;)

I think it looks kind of good. It took some fiddling with fade_power,
fade_distance, and light intensities.

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> "Gail Shaw" <gshaw AT sentechsa com> wrote in message
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> > "Ross" <rli### [at] everestkcnet> wrote in message
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> > >
> > > maybe fake it the way they do in the movies or t.v., cool colored
> > low-light
> > > areas where it's dark, and warm colored light where it's brighter.
They
> > > manage to give the impression that it's dark without it being hard to
> see
> >
> > Ah! Brilliant idea. Where did you pick that up? Do you work in TV?
> >
> >
>
> Just for kicks, I thought I'd try it with a simple scene (I was just
> assuming it could be done earlier ;)
>
> I think it looks kind of good. It took some fiddling with fade_power,
> fade_distance, and light intensities.
>
>

Looks like it! Could this be a case where light_group{} could be useful?

Thomas

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