CheshirePaul opened this issue on Mar 16, 2023 ยท 3 posts
CheshirePaul posted Thu, 16 March 2023 at 11:44 AM
Sorry if this is a little basic, but I've been unable to find any answers through web searches and I'm new to Carrara. How do you create a half lit planet eg: like a crescent shape moon effect? Is it down to lighting or is it necessary to do something with, textures, material, or?
Thanks, Paul
WendyLuvsCatz posted Thu, 16 March 2023 at 1:56 PM
lighting will do it, make sure with scene selected in the outliner the ambient is set to zero
you probably want to use distant light (not sunlight and the sky or realistic sky options)
the crescent shape will come down to your camera angle in relation to sphere primitive I assume you will use
that said Carrara does include pre-sets for Earth and other planets
also
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/categories/carrara-discussion
will get you more help than on this forum as not many Carrara users frequent it
CheshirePaul posted Fri, 17 March 2023 at 3:20 AM
Many Thanks, I will experiment with those settings. Paullighting will do it, make sure with scene selected in the outliner the ambient is set to zero
you probably want to use distant light (not sunlight and the sky or realistic sky options)
the crescent shape will come down to your camera angle in relation to sphere primitive I assume you will use
that said Carrara does include pre-sets for Earth and other planets
also
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/categories/carrara-discussion
will get you more help than on this forum as not many Carrara users frequent it