@arraxxon and rutra,

that beeing true its a very fast solution for me when I have an architect sitting next to me just wanting to have the shadows lighter :-)

I dont always have the time to fiddle around with all the settings. I have tried raising gain and then the shadow side on the object went lighter but the shadow in the ground didnt. When raising the sky dome gain the shadows on the ground went lighter but also the whole image and it looked washed out and flat. So I was quite happy with this quick fix solution for now.

But then again I very much appreciate the other strategies for the future. I still have so much to learn :-)

Yep, that's what I was looking for. Thanks alot for the quick reply!

I am using Vue 7.4 xStr right now. I 'll check what I can find with the light source. Only was tuning in the Atmosphere Editor.

Quote - I am hoping at some point, to get some free training available on the site.

I was trying to make a business with free papermodels against donations ... millions of downloads and 3 donations. Then I introduced buying against money and suddenly people were paying. It's crazy but I guess the world is not ready for what I would have thought to be a more mature system.

Anyway, both your tutorials and content products are great! I think I got all Vue6 stuff and am happy with the new Vue7 products so far. I recommend it to everybody wanting to work with Vue seriously! Not only did I learn how to use Vue better but also tips and tricks that helped to save time.

that's good news ... and another checkpoint to remember for me in future in case things go wrong

any quickfix will do, thanks!

Quote - A moment of silence please for Vue's native rocks.

LOL! thanks for the tutorial

also cgi renders often tend to be "overrealistic" imho. you might find lots of tutorials in google etc on how to make a render look more like real life photos if that is what you are after.

i agree with silverblade ... i dont need to copy reality with renderings but actually like it more when it has its own renderstyle.

thanks for the tips ... i just started to use an area light for a desktop lamp in an interior scene.

wonderful! i like your very unqiue stile

if you look at the vue mark numbers over at cornucopia forums the best cpu (in terms of render speed) is the new core i7 although it might still be a bit overpriced as it only was introduced late last year and requires its own motherboard and memory. the next best and cheaper thing would be the above mentioned core 2 quad core.

vista 64bit with lots of ram will make sure you dont run into low memory problems with vue.

i dont know about graphics cards but i guess all the modern ones are ok.

if you really want to go crazy have a look at this link helmer.sfe.se/

hope this helps

i have found this www.geekatplay.com/tutorials2.php (number 53 and 40) at geekatplay. there might be more ...

i played around and this looks great. a new path to experiment ...

first world-cylinder mapping on a cylinder with square noise for bump

and then i tried the standard chipped material and reversed the bump direction with an opposite filter node.

now i am looking forward to the rock my world set as i find it very useful for learning to study materials from the pros!

its vue7 xStream which is the same as Inf i think.

i just used the default athmosphere scene added the objects and rendered. did not alter anything.

the open-gl worked fine. i actually found where i could set the clipping for open-gl.

i think it must have been some bug or bad state of the system as it worked after restarting.

sometimes i get the feeling that vue has a personality of its own. after a long day without breaks it likes to do stupid stuff more often ... :-)

just when i thought i would not need rock my world :-)

your example looks very good and more in the direction i was hoping to be able to go.

i will try your settings and see what i am able to do.