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Subject: Soft lighting

superincrediboy opened this issue on Jul 21, 2008 · 11 posts
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superincrediboy ( ) posted Mon, 21 July 2008 at 9:31 AM · edited Mon, 07 October 2024 at 4:31 AM

Hi all,

I was wondering if someone could help me understand how artists such as garyandcatherine and kenwas achieve such wonerful soft and colourful lighting in their images. Is this a case of simply bumping up the softness of the sunlight to a very high degree?

Thanks

superincrediboy

Trepz ( ) posted Mon, 21 July 2008 at 9:55 AM

actually, there all aliens. I am the first to divulge this information, but i have had enough of those fancy pants Vue light folks so i finally did what we all want to do. I told on em...And you mark my words(after coming to dissect me)...at least 2 of them will come here to deny it...Wearin bags and shit...like we dont know...yeah, right. Oh, i forgot, there to good for bags these days...hhhmmm

"Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw."

superincrediboy ( ) posted Mon, 21 July 2008 at 10:01 AM

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Peggy_Walters ( ) posted Mon, 21 July 2008 at 11:36 AM

Soft shadows is one trick.  Adjusting the shadow density down from the default 100% dark is another.  The biggest part is learning the atmosphere editor and what each lighting model does best.  The render settings are also important to get good results. 

No quick and easy answer.  There are lots of great tutorials over at GeekatPlay.com that will help get you started. 

Peggy

LVS - Where Learning is Fun!  
http://www.lvsonline.com/index.html

Trepz ( ) posted Mon, 21 July 2008 at 11:55 AM

good grief woman...always the spoiled sport:P Geek @ play is a good place to start...but they will never give you common sence >:D

"Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw."

superincrediboy ( ) posted Mon, 21 July 2008 at 12:11 PM

OK I thought that might be the case, I just wanted to see if there was something I was missing. Thank you Peggy

melikia ( ) posted Mon, 21 July 2008 at 7:38 PM

to toot peggy's horn... she also has a GREAT class at LVSonline.  I went through her beginning vue class recently, and STILL refer back to each weeks lessons - redoing them - and learning more each time.

I'm looking forward to the "intermediate" class this fall.... and have hopes one day that there'll be an advanced class =D

Rarer than a hairy egg and madder than a box of frogs....

< o > < o >    You've been VUED!    < o > < o >
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Peggy_Walters ( ) posted Mon, 21 July 2008 at 11:02 PM · edited Mon, 21 July 2008 at 11:03 PM

The advanced class was just posted today over at LVS.  Yeah!  The lesson plans are done!!!

http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?cPath=1_37&products_id=262&osCsid=135dd4b178f99bc99a5684800b45afee

LVS - Where Learning is Fun!  
http://www.lvsonline.com/index.html

Xpleet ( ) posted Mon, 21 July 2008 at 11:51 PM

Ok people,

I seriously wonder what the heck Shadow Density is......

it's obviously not in the atmosphere editor and it sounds like the kind of setting that I am absolutely missing right now.

Xpleet ( ) posted Tue, 22 July 2008 at 12:47 AM · edited Tue, 22 July 2008 at 12:54 AM

oooh you mean the properties of the Sun :-)

gee that sucks i never thought about manipulating that itself.

stormchaser ( ) posted Tue, 22 July 2008 at 9:27 AM

Ah, the shadow density is crucial for that softer more realistic look. Mix that in with other atmosphere/light properties plus render settings for soft shadows & you're on a winner.


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