why need plane to sky light?

[Taoizm]

I'm lost...I'm not sure what you're asking. :surprised

[ofir3dvb]

lol....
i want to do render with out plane......but with skylight.....how i can do that?
the picture that i add with plane......and see the model good.
in my second post i add picture without plane...and not see it good we see it 2d....
ok?
thank you!!

[ofir3dvb]

the second picture.....

[secretasianman]

i saw this post earlier and i got busy so i didn't get a chance till now.
skylight.
create your object then place a skylight anywhere in the area.
got to rendering and click on advance lighting.
choose light tracer and you got it.
after that just adjust till you see fit.

[ofir3dvb]

ok...thank you!!

[secretasianman]

no prob.

[Marcel]

got to rendering and click on advance lighting.
choose light tracer and you got it.
after that just adjust till you see fit.

Erhmmm, he got the skylight working already, as you can see in the images :)

The reason why the skylight looks better with planes under or behind the object is because then you'll get more interesting shaodws. In your second example without plane the object is lit all over.

What you can do is make an plane and set it to be invisible to the camera, (object properties->visible to camera). That way you'll get the shadows on your object, but not the plane in the image.

You could also use a HDRI image to light your object.

[neversong]

the reason why you need a plane(or any object) is...
to give the skylight something it can bounce on and off.
very simple.

[secretasianman]

yea kinda forgot that part.
i rarely work with skylights, modeling and particles is what i intern for.

[ofir3dvb]

ok thank you alll!!!!!!!!

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