Forum: Animation


Subject: Need advice (imagination broken) :~(

ablc opened this issue on May 05, 2003 ยท 5 posts


bluetone posted Mon, 05 May 2003 at 9:27 PM

I don;t use Vue, but can you insert pictures into a light? I can in Carrara, and it allows for a great way to make moody/strange lighting. This is the way they do it in the theatre. It's called inserting a gobo. Or in film, a 'cookie' for cocaloris. (What a 'cocaloris is... I have NO idea!) Insert a gobo like a stained glass window into the light, and the light will cast a stained glass look. Put in a gobo that looks like a shadow from venetian blinds, and it can look like the sun coming in through venetian blinds. Always think in reverse. If your gobo has dark areas, then that part will look dark and let the light come through the rest. If parts are in soft focus, it can look even weirder. EXPERIMENT! Keep going with this thought and you can fake any kind of weird lighting effect you want. Hope this helps! :>