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blc318

03-13-2002, 10:23 AM

I decided to turn an old render into a night scene. I got some work done tonight but I need some help with the lighting. I think it needs more but I want to keep some areas dark. The planks on the window were done in about 10 minutes but they are temporary for now. Any suggestions would be helpful.
http://cavett.jamandy.com/images/city_night2.jpg

edit: The light from the window doesnt seem to be casting shadows b/c of a bias setting in max I havent changed.

blc318

03-13-2002, 11:07 AM

here's the daytime pic:
http://cavett.jamandy.com/images/wip_city_scene.jpg

Edit: The top one has more progress on it:D

toce

03-13-2002, 12:31 PM

that looks better by night :) Good improvments!

ideas... er... I don't know... maybe some wter reflecting the moon? :|

Viper

03-13-2002, 06:49 PM

Hey, Nice work!

You can add an omni light like it was a spot light on the middle of the street, you know what I mean right?

But very faint, or you'll screw the image :)

Whirlwind

03-13-2002, 11:56 PM

Overall I think this piece is very well rendered. I only have a few suggestions. First, retexture/texture the steal beams. They look flat and CG in comparisoin to the richly decayed scene around them. I'm also quite confused on what that red thing in the lower corner is. Whatever it turns out to be, pop a better texture on that too. Your lighting is great. As a last note, maybe dirty the street alittle more. Like with turn newsprints or trash. Anywho, looks great so far.

blc318

03-14-2002, 12:02 AM

Thanks everyone keep the crits coming.

Whirlwind those are on the to do lis:)

I forgot to mention some areas werent textured yet. And trash will come in the future. It actually started as a texturing exercise for a class I had. I took a picture of a real city scene, took pics of the main textures I needed and tried to light it the same way (which is the daytime pic)

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