Forum: Carrara


Subject: Lighting style in Carrara 5...

MatCreator opened this issue on Nov 06, 2006 · 32 posts


MatCreator posted Sun, 12 November 2006 at 5:10 AM

Attached Link: HDRI Image

Third light nope... thats what i didnt get. Mind you, this is the hdri scene included w/ C5, so that hdri map is the one that loads w/ the scene...

Anyway gang, I was finally able to achieve the "LQQK" and Im very pleased :)

I took a plain scene, loaded a regular figure, and started testing different hdri maps... Actually, I was using SmashMouths, and just found 1 that worked well, lighting the scene from all angles evenly and smoothly. I then remembered the bit about scaling... VERY IMPORTANT!!! The figure loaded in at around 6 inches... I changed my preferences to feet, and rescaled the character to "real world dimensions"... Note *** NOTHING *** loads in at the right size, LOL!!! which I see now will be a serious pita for future composing, but hey... Anyway, I noticed how the backgrounds of the hdri maps would "fit" better to the scene... A street scene in the background looked light my character was in a street. Pretty cool, lol. Still, I hate it :P Popped in my own backdrop, and took it from there. NO LIGHTS :) None. I did boost up the intensity of the hdri map, but thats it...

Outside of my having left on the depth of field option (I use it as a preview "thang"), I think the image came out pretty good, and am re-rendering to fix the few errors.

Again, thanks guys, much appreciated :)

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