POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Light Challenge : Re: Light Challenge Server Time
31 Jul 2024 02:24:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Light Challenge  
From: Dave Blandston
Date: 15 Jun 2010 10:10:00
Message: <web.4c178897ad2ae755cba3fb0f0@news.povray.org>
Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
>    The most important thing is the light placement, as depending on it the
> shadows play will be interesting or boring. It's a difficult subject,
> because it depends on the composition, but I usually play with rand() to
> find interesting placements... after trying some seeds, you may get an idea
> of which placements make for interesting shots (for this scene, and in
> general too):

That's very interesting. I've found it surprisingly useful to use the rand
function to try different colors, but never light placement. That's a great
idea!

Regards,
Dave Blandston


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