Light Setup when begin Texturing ??

[gman]

hey,
Color maps and diffuse maps should i believe never be created using lights, you should get the tone right first with the default lighting or in your paint program. Then when it comes to specularity and gloss you should place an omni (ray traced shadows, and color set to white or with a little bit of yellow to simulate un-natural light) about two metres above model and two metres in front of model if the model was about 6ft tall, this is a standard practice to simulate a man standing in a room with a light bulb above him. Then increase the distance of the light to see if the texture can hold up in bright exposure or dull.

cheers

[amos_chid]

Thank's gman, I'll try that :thumbsup:
anyone else ???

[michaelcomet]

I tend to make at least a basic 3 point lighting scheme up with key, fill and rim light. I also personally tend to colorize these to be warmer/cooler for key and fill a bit...but it depends. I might start with pure whites/grays to get the basic lighting.

Obviously if you have some idea of how it will be lit in hte end, put some basic lighting in then for that, since the two work together.

I often adjust lighting and lights as I texture to make things look right. Then later I'll use the same lights in the real scene with the model, or at least have lit it similarly to how I will later. Or just made it look "good" with some basic set of lighting I have...

[tonygib]

Well, as it turned out I had asked the same thing not long ago, check it out:

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=41895



PS. Nice to see you on cgtalk Michael, its Anthony, I've bugged you a few times by email about charrigger, the last was over the shoulder/Arm Pit twisting problem, trust things are going well at BlueSky :)

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