Actually, unless you use white lights you WON'T see things exactly the way they are. Colored lights will add unwanted colors to the textures in a scene, so the default light setup will NOT reflect things exactly the way they are. The textures in the promo ads will appear much darker than they really are when default lights are used.

There's another factor in this equation ... there really is no way to anticipate what users will put in their scenes, or what poses they will use on the figures. While there are many light sets that are available, you will still have to change them to light your scene properly. For example, if you change a pose or camera angle you'll also have to change the lights so that they bring out the best in your scene.

Lighting is probably the single most important thing to learn in 3D rendering. Hands down. If you learn lighting, you can also learn how to make a texture look good from ANY camera angle with ANY pose.

Message edited on: 05/18/2005 12:45