I have a script that makes ceiling boxes with recessed lighting (cans with point lights in them.) I used it here to make six lights in a 2 by 3 grid pattern six feet apart.

This is the most believable lighting for this kind of space, IMO. An area light looks nice and is easy to set up, but easy isn't best - it's just easy.

Note that point lights are not actually points in SuperFly. They're spheres. I'm going to call them sphere lights from now on, although the UI still says "Point". I scaled these sphere lights to fill the cans and carefully adjusted the yTran of the lights so the tip of the sphere was flush with the can opening.

Look at the reflections on the leather - compare to the first of this series where I used an area light. (Top of this page)

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