Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Hey, Dr Geep! Spotlights and shadows?

hauksdottir opened this issue on Aug 05, 2003 ยท 9 posts


hauksdottir posted Tue, 05 August 2003 at 12:33 AM

Traveler just gave us a third set of draped props and there are sets in DAZ's club as well. Folks are almost certainly going to be showing off their pricesless collection of shrunken heads, tiffany vases, or that absolutely unique (and totally unidentified artifact) from the fourth robotic expedition to Titan. I've noticed querulent discussions about aiming spotlights so that the shadows look right and the object in question is the one illuminated... so perhaps a more focussed tutorial on lighting an object would be useful to the group? What about colored lights on colored objects? If I shine a red light on a red apple, will it look properly white? What about blacklight effects? A spotlight through water or fog or a smoky room will be more diffuse... how to achieve that? If I put a bare tree in front of a spotlight, how can I manipulate it so the shadows look like long menacing twitchy fingers? Without lighting, we'd all be looking at black renders, so learning more about it would help. :) Carolly