lighting tips

[a23]

The lights look like distant/infinite/parallel lights. Right or wrong?

Try using spot lights with a wider penumbra, or if you can afford it use area lights.

It really depends on what kind of lighting you want to achieve, but for his bright key light i'd recommend a spot light.

AndY

[blakboks]

yeah, it is a typical 3-light setup...all spots

ok, i tried it out with area lights...and well they certainly helped...however, they are kinda costly...especially if it's something as simple as a bounce light

I think i found a reasonable solution. On that image, i wasn't using falloff at all...and that seems to be the result when you don't use falloff in XSI...good to know...

Thanks for your help,

Chris

[sean_G]

this will totally answer your question...

http://www.nanomation.co.uk/Programming-102.html

[blakboks]

hey sean,
i've actually done that tutorial, and tried applying the shader to my model, however, it messes up A LOT when you try to plug textures into it.
thanks for the help, though

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