Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: 2 Questions A) Creating a Texture Set B) Lighting suggestions

ViperKilzz opened this issue on May 14, 2009 ยท 15 posts


IsaoShi posted Wed, 20 May 2009 at 5:22 PM

ViperKilzz: did you sort out the lighting for your black figure?

With zero diffuse colour (and no reflection), you are relying on specular light and specular colour to pick out her features. Your figure already has some specular colour, and the specular highlight size is giving a good highlight spread, so that's okay. I think it's just the Poser default light set that sucks. I would get rid of that light set and set up a ring of a few neutral-colour lights (infinite or spot) at various angles.

The attached image is Terai Yuki with a diffuse skin colour of pure black and a specular colour of mid-grey. I set up a ring of seven spotlights to give plenty of specular highlights to bring out her features. Most of the lights are set up as shown on the right, except the rim lights which are higher intensity.

Hope this helps a little!
Izi

"If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn't like to be half of what I should be."
Mr Otsuka, the old black tomcat in Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)