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From: Michael McNees
Subject: Need help with landscape lighting
Date: 31 Jan 1998 23:51:46
Message: <34D3FF61.D3A6FD28@xmission.com>
I have built a scene (my first real one) and it is a landscape. I can't
seem to get the whole thing lit! I  can't get the parts way back it the
back lit up. I am using a sky sphere and a height field for the ground.
Any suggestions or examples that I can look at would be appreciated.


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From: Yodel
Subject: Re: Need help with landscape lighting
Date: 1 Feb 1998 17:12:40
Message: <34D4F357.A6E856B1@concentric.net>
I  find that if you put the light source up high (say about 200-400,
depending on the height_field) and use an rgb value higher that 1 (1.5-2.0)
that you can get the whole thing lit.  Change these variables as needed.
Post your image to povray.binaries.images when you finish it!

-Ryce Euric

Michael McNees wrote:

> I have built a scene (my first real one) and it is a landscape. I can't
> seem to get the whole thing lit! I  can't get the parts way back it the
> back lit up. I am using a sky sphere and a height field for the ground.
> Any suggestions or examples that I can look at would be appreciated.


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From: J  L  Rose
Subject: Re: Need help with landscape lighting
Date: 30 Sep 1998 07:18:55
Message: <3611DB53.604D@spamBgone.nbnet.nb.ca>
> Michael McNees wrote:
> 
> > I have built a scene (my first real one) and it is a landscape. I can't
> > seem to get the whole thing lit! I  can't get the parts way back it the
> > back lit up. I am using a sky sphere and a height field for the ground.
> > Any suggestions or examples that I can look at would be appreciated.

Depending on the over-all image, it might not hurt to bump up the
ambient 
a bit, but not so much that it looks radioactive.

Yodel wrote: 
> I  find that if you put the light source up high (say about 200-400,
> depending on the height_field) and use an rgb value higher that 1 (1.5-2.0)
> that you can get the whole thing lit.  Change these variables as needed.

Of course, if you're using a sphere for a sky (as opposed to a
sky_sphere)
don't forget to make it big enough to be well outside the light source. 

-jr-


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