Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Duplicate Lighting 2 questions.

northeaster opened this issue on Dec 03, 2005 ยท 7 posts


northeaster posted Sat, 03 December 2005 at 12:46 PM

Still a novice but learning alot.
Using Poser 6 which I'm thinking from some of the confusing tutorials I've read is a bit different then previous versions. It appears some things, though result in the same look are now done differently.

Between a few chores & an ongoing project out in the wood shop I was able to toss together a scene for the gallery yesterday.
I'm pretty happy with the way it came out but artists, being there own worst critic, it isn't without some needed adjustment.

I wanted a dark scene with dim lighting creating gentle shadows.

Question One...
After posing a spotlight that was to mimic tones given off by a fire I wanted to pose a second duplicate light in the same spot but point it in another direction. Is there a way to select a light & duplicate its position and properties?

Question Two...
A spotlight by default seems to shine on things far away. Add an object or two and I get shadows that shouldn't be there. To correct this I moved the lights closer to the objects I wanted it to shine on. But now I lose the glow I previously had. I'm thinking my adjustment lies within the Lighting settings "distance" & "angle" which is where I made adjustments but I'm still a bit err shady about what I'm needing to do here. Is there a general rule of thumb to these properties?
Not sure if I typed this question like what I'm asking, hopefully someone will understand it. :>)

Thanks Much!

Scott