FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on Aug 13, 2006 · 15 posts
FranOnTheEdge posted Sun, 13 August 2006 at 7:41 PM
Looks odd to me with that sort of photographic reflection-ish thing on the ground.
The shadows are okay but that bit looks odd - is there anyway to get rid of that without getting rid of the shadows?
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tom271 posted Sun, 13 August 2006 at 8:32 PM
However, those shadows that lay infront of the lamps maybe be caused by another light source... you have to go to the light properties and knock out that source of light.....
nice lamps....
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kiwi_gg posted Sun, 13 August 2006 at 10:15 PM
Nice lamps. personally I would knock the intensity back by about half and bump the edge softness up to between 25 - 45 just to soften around the outer edges.
Cheers 
GG.
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FranOnTheEdge posted Tue, 15 August 2006 at 9:10 PM
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However, those shadows that lay infront of the lamps maybe be caused by another light source... you have to go to the light properties and knock out that source of light.....
nice lamps....
Yeah, turned out it was the sun.
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FranOnTheEdge posted Tue, 15 August 2006 at 9:11 PM
Quote - Nice lamps. personally I would knock the intensity back by about half and bump the edge softness up to between 25 - 45 just to soften around the outer edges.
Cheers
GG.
How do you get Edge Softness to activate?
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FranOnTheEdge posted Tue, 15 August 2006 at 9:24 PM
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)
FranOnTheEdge posted Tue, 15 August 2006 at 9:42 PM
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
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dvlenk6 posted Tue, 15 August 2006 at 9:47 PM
Quote - How do you get Edge Softness to activate?
Can't use it with a radial light. Works with any other kind of light.
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FranOnTheEdge posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 7:20 AM
Quote - > Quote - How do you get Edge Softness to activate?
Can't use it with a radial light. Works with any other kind of light.
Aha, could explain why I hardly ever use it then. Since I mostly use radials... with just the occasional spotlight.
I have been havering between radials and spotlights for this lamp - do you think it might be better with a spot then?
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FranOnTheEdge posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 9:06 AM
The pools of light from the spotlights looks great but those lamps with spotlights in them don't look so good as lamps.
The lamps with radials in them look great as lamps, but the light they cast has odd parallel lines in it...
Help?
Oh and the redish sodium lamps are still too pink.
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dvlenk6 posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 4:02 PM
off hand, the only thing I can think to try would be making the bulb and/or filament additive with very high ambience to give the lamp a good look (maybe?); and use the soft spotlights for the light source.
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FranOnTheEdge posted Sun, 20 August 2006 at 2:13 PM
Sorry it took so long to answer (- more problems with my laptop - now it has to go away for repairs, so still using husband's laptop.)
I tried a few things, and it turns out that the lines were caused by the edges of the lamp glass - turning off "cast shadows" for that material cured that problem.
I do already have a fairly high ambience on the bulb and filament - didn't try additive, I'll try that and increasing the ambience too... Thanks for the suggestion.
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FranOnTheEdge posted Sun, 20 August 2006 at 6:48 PM
On the red side of the street, the radials are in the middle, and I think I like those best.
But they all look better now, so thanks very much for your help, dvlenk6.
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tom271 posted Sun, 20 August 2006 at 7:37 PM
nice render and I like the shag rug on the floor......
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FranOnTheEdge posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 5:37 PM
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nice render and I like the shag rug on the floor......
The what?
It's supposed to be a cobbled street, is it wrong? How can I improve it?
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