Ah ha...do not conform!  I will try these tips out...thanks for the quick response.

Joe

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I have just gotten done reformatting my hard drive and reinstalling all my programs.  Then, when I got back into Poser 6, BAM!, the same thing happened.  I wonder if it has anything to do with the newest update.

Anyways, thanks again all.

Fyre

Thanks all.  I took off Norton and got AVG.  Alos updated my drivers and PG to lateset SR3.  Still seems like I am having performance issues, but at least I can do something.

Thanks all.

Warangel, I am not offended in the least.  I know that in order to obtain good looking, quality stuff, lighting is the key.  Any help is always appreciated.

I can do basic renders right now, but I am trying to push Vue 6, as I have seen others do, to create good stuff without having to resort to Maya or even C4D.  I think Vue can do it all in rendering terms, although maybe at the cost of  high rendering times, etc.  Stil, what I am learning here is great!

I am off to continue my exploration.  Thanks again to everyone.  I will continue to try different renders until I find something I like.

One last thing.  Tried a GI render as JC suggested, but it came out like this.  Why?

Fyre

Here is a corrected image.  I am sure the spot is too bright.  I darkened the floor, and made sure the spot was not lighting it.  Changed the color of the sun, ambient light and dome all to a light blue.

Let me know what you think.  Also added a reflection, a little too much of a reflection.  Hmmm...that's about it.

Thanks all!

Fyre

HI,

Wow!  Thanks for all the advice.  It will take me some time to try everything.

JC,  I have read/listened to many of your tutorials and got your book!  I appreciate all the time you have devoted to the subject.

I'll be honest, farkwar, the reason I am trying to do radiosity is to speed things up as I don't have the patience to fake it with multiple positioning of numerous lights(and haven't researched how).  I may have to buckle down and do that if these experiments don't work, but being able to take one or two lights and click a button and have the room light up just makes me giddy.  I don't mind render time too much, if the initial setup is easier.  I may be off here, as again I am new to the ability of radiosity, GI or AO and am not sure if I am just better off doing the fake GI/Radiosity way.

jfbeute, I do have 4 walls on my littlle room.  I do appreciate the advice on lighting with sunlight.  By the time I am done I would like something akin to a, on location glamour/erotic shoot.

As of now, I am still getting that orange tint coming off the floor.  I may have to change it, although, once the texture is resized, I think it'll look great.

Okay, I am off now.  Thanks to all that helped.  Any other hints/tips for lighting indoors, whether GR, GI or fake, let me know.  I may do both renders and post them here for everyone.

Thanks.

Fyre

Thanks...I will try that.  I appreciate all the help.  It is definitely the floor causing the yellow/orange cast.  I will try to change the lighting.  Radiosity is still such a mystery to me.

Also, a great idea about not having the spot light illuminate the floor.  Working mostly in Poser, I forget that you can "tell" lights not to illumnate certain objects.
I will post another round a little later.

Thanks again bruno...this is invaluable.

Fyre

Here is a scene I am working on.  Forgive the focalpoint and pose...this is a test.  Also, the wood floor does add a lot of color.

I have indicated where the lights are.  The quadratic not only lit the figure,but also added to the entire room.  The point light in back was an accident, but kind of looks good.

This is on Final with 0.00 in the quality for the atmosphere editor.

Let me know what you think.  I am not quite sure I like it, but don't know why.

Thanks,

Fyre

Hmm...just one window.  Never thought about the area lights. 

I will give radiosity another shot.  I will post an attempt here.

Thanks, bruno021, I'll keep you posted.

Thanks for the information!

I have seen both of your posts in searching this particular issue.

Shonner, I was talking about using shaders with texture maps.  I do like the effect that I get in Poser 6 and wondered if I can achieve the same effect easily in Carrara.  Unfortunately, although I hate to admit it, I am lazy.  That's the lure of the Real Skin Shader by face_off, it is very easy to use.

Thanks for the help, both of you.  If you think of anything else, please let me know.  Until then I will have to buckle down and see what I can do.

Fyre