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Split Personality - Light and Dark

whispers65whispers65 Posts: 952
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

I have a room and a corridor in a scene. The perspective is from the room looking toward the corridor at the back of the room and beyond.

The room is dark and actually I like the color and mood of it. About the only thing I want to do is maybe make a few surfaces glow and maybe turn on the lamp.

The issue is what is the best light to make the corridor light up? I want to lighten it significantly. I'm currently using a Uber and the Advanced Ambient light for the overall lighting and I like it.

I thought about using a spotlight but I'd light a more general over all lighting of the corridor rather than here and there. I have two characters standing close to the entrance but I'd prefer not to have light spilling from the corridor into the room.

I'm shooting for a surreal, dreamlike effect.

Suggestions?

Comments

  • KeryaKerya Posts: 10,943
    edited December 1969

    As you have the Advanced Ambient - what about placing a new one into the corridor and setting the light radius so it just illuminates the corridor and nothing else?

  • whispers65whispers65 Posts: 952
    edited December 1969

    I can try that. I thought the Advanced Ambient light was an overall light like Uber that would effect everything so I didn't think about that.

  • KeryaKerya Posts: 10,943
    edited December 1969

    Look through this guide for the settings:
    http://www.ageofarmour.com/3d/tutorials/AoA_advanced_ambient_light_help.html
    (it is included in your installation as a pdf too)

  • whispers65whispers65 Posts: 952
    edited December 1969

    Thanks. I did look at the document before but I'm the type of person that learns by doing and I kinda forgot a few of the settings. So I popped up another ambient light and put in place and I am running a test render and it is working like I wanted. :)

    Now to figure out a few special effects.

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