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Subject: Lamp Light!


meltz ( ) posted Mon, 23 January 2012 at 2:07 PM · edited Wed, 24 July 2024 at 2:30 PM

Ok so i have a scene where its a bedroom and the only light in the scene is coming from a lamp. i have 2 point lights in the lamp. Noow i just dont like how the lighting is turning out, doesen't look "real" to me. I have not been good using lighting in poser pro 2012.

 

can anyone give me some good dial stats to use for these 2 lights.

 

here is what they are currently. bolth of the lights have the same settings!

 

 


meltz ( ) posted Mon, 23 January 2012 at 2:09 PM

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meltz ( ) posted Mon, 23 January 2012 at 2:09 PM

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hborre ( ) posted Mon, 23 January 2012 at 2:38 PM

Drop your Shadow min bias lower, I usually use 0.1 to start.  And uncheck ambient occlusion for your point light if you are using IDL.  If I were using IBL, then I would use AO.  Change the attenuation at the bottom of properties to Inverse Square.  That will make it behave more light realistic lighting.  Please do show us a screencap or render of your scene.


basicwiz ( ) posted Mon, 23 January 2012 at 2:54 PM

Also, change attenuation from constant to inverse square. (Bagginsbill told me that!)


meltz ( ) posted Mon, 23 January 2012 at 2:56 PM

Thanks so much im gonna give it a try later tonight. ill post before and after if you guys want


bagginsbill ( ) posted Mon, 23 January 2012 at 3:14 PM · edited Mon, 23 January 2012 at 3:15 PM

Unless these are "point" lights (i.e. tiny LED lights) your shadow blur radius needs to be increased. It's hard to say what is the right value, but for a light bulb I'd use (guessing no time to check) 2 or more.

Inverse square will matter a lot.

Do not use AO with point lights, ever, regardless of IDL, IBL, etc.

For bulbs, try a little less blue. For CFL, more green.


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LaurieA ( ) posted Mon, 23 January 2012 at 4:30 PM

Here's a good guide for light RGB color values.

Laurie



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