I still have heavy problems with lights, so could anyone help me? Tell me what I do wrong! MikeJ: Are there going to be any christmas contests? If yes, I have to begin the rendering now!

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=106338&Start=1&Sectionid=21&WhatsNew=Yes Sorry forgot this one!

Are there two Alekssander's? The stuff I've seen lately I don't think you've got a problem with anything. Seems to me you have it figured out pretty darn well. I have to do a couple scenes and wishing I had your skills.

There is one Alexander and me (Alekssander). We have different styles. No problem? My skills? I have seen the people and faces you make. And I'm not even close to be able to make people like that. Honestly, I'm realy jealous!!

Hi Alekssander, I made a few comments on your picture, so I won't repeat them here, except that in that particular picture, I think you could do with less lighting in the room itself. Otherwise, it looks good, except it reaally needs more anti-aliasing. As for the "people", what are you using for yours'? Most of us are using Poser, which makes it somewhat easy. Are you modeling your own people in a different program?

MikeJ: Well I have put in more lights, but distributed them differently. So now, I got a couple of days with rendering. All of my pictures need better rendering, but with my crappy old computer, I cant do that! I only have V dE 2.0 and Coreldream 7, so thats what Im using. I cant realy afford newer and better software, not that they cost much, but the hardware I would need, do! Honestly, even if I had a powerfull computer and the latest software, I wouldnt be able to make so good people. Ive never been good at drawing people at all. Things are a lot more easier. How realistic do you want your Waiting Girl to become? I could more or less slaughter it. Take it to pieces and tell you all the errors. One thing that make it look fake, is the white/grey walls. There are no structure in them. The same thing with the curtains. Single colors make things look unnatural. The curtains seems to hang in the air. Whats holding them up? Just like me, you have problems with the lights. If you want it to be photo realistic, then drop V dE. Shadows are never grey. I learned that, when I watched paintschool on television. Look on the shadows around you. Theyre red, blue and yellow, depending on the color from the texture that they have been reflected by. If you look at the shadows on the womans legs. They are just a darker color of her skin. But in real life, they would have been slightly red, because of the red texture on the bed. With so much light hitting that red texture, the light would bounch back and hit the other objects. The ceiling should have a red shine. The ceiling also need structure! I hope I didn' make you upset? Ms_Outlaw: (If you read this though.) What are you trying to make? If you got any problems, then just ask. Ive only been using VdE 2.0 during the last 4 months, but it could happen that I could help you. Send me an instant message or e-mail if you wonder about anything.

No, that doesn't upset me any. As for the shadows, yes, you are right, but we don't have a way in Vue, even in Vue 4 to change the color of the shadows, or I would. In nature, in even daylight, shados tend to be a dull gray-lavender, for example. If Vue had a radiosity render engine instead of ray tracing, now that would be all different, although the render times would be through the roof.