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Subject: Moonlight lighting with VSS?

meltz opened this issue on Jun 17, 2009 · 8 posts
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meltz ( ) posted Wed, 17 June 2009 at 12:33 PM · edited Tue, 11 February 2025 at 12:54 PM

what is the best light setup using Billbaggins VSS to creat a moonlight setting? Anyone tried this yet with success?

hborre ( ) posted Wed, 17 June 2009 at 3:54 PM

The question is a little ambiguous the way it is asked.  Are you trying to determine the intensity of light and lighting arrangement to accompany a model with VSS applied?  Or are you hinting at modifying the VSS shader nodes to simulate moonlight on the skin?  Try to be more specific so we can determine the proper approach.

meltz ( ) posted Wed, 17 June 2009 at 3:57 PM

tring to determine the intensity of light and lighting arrangement to accompany a model with VSS applied. I know VSS is better with IO lighting so thats why i stated that i am using VSS.

bagginsbill ( ) posted Wed, 17 June 2009 at 5:00 PM

Heheh. And what simulated "camera" aperture and shutter speed and ISO are you going for?

The fact is that a photo of a sunlit scene using ISO 200 f/16 1/200s is the same brightness as a moonlit scene using ISO 1600 f/2.8 1/25s. If you were doing a night shot with a camera set that way, everything would be just as bright as broad daylight, so you'd set your light intensity exactly the same as for full sun. However, it would be a bit more blue, unless you have the white balance set exactly the same.

Having said all that, try a single infinite light, no IBL. Set the light any brightness you like, but probably you want around 50%, and make it a little bit blue.

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bagginsbill ( ) posted Wed, 17 June 2009 at 5:08 PM

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Actually if you want it to look really dark, go down to 20%. That's what I did here.

The RGB values are .8, .8, 1.

Make sure the light is high in the sky otherwise it won't seem like moonlight.

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bagginsbill ( ) posted Wed, 17 June 2009 at 5:18 PM

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This was RGB .6, .6, 1, Intensity 40%.

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meltz ( ) posted Wed, 17 June 2009 at 7:19 PM

cool thanks BB, ill give them a shot tomorow and see how they come out.

Ayu2Hami ( ) posted Sun, 02 August 2009 at 7:24 AM

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Maybe you want something like this?

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