Now here is where *I* live. Do I faff about with fill lights? Do I wonder if I should use IBL or an additional spot light or some infinites, or 25 infinites? Hell no.

I use one inifinite or spot. I turn on IDL. All the fill lighting that I worked so hard to create earlier, to give the appearance of being indoors, is now totally automatic.

How do I light my scenes? I use one light. Or no light. Lighting is so easy it's stupid. You want to know why I use IDL + GC + Scatter? Because everything works right with zero effort. That's why.

It's not a unique result. It's a uniquely easy means to the same end.

You can prepare your image for 10 hours and still not produce the results I get instantly.

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Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)