Natural Lighting

[novolume]

Natural Lighting

I'm currently modelling an interior of an apartment which is only my second ever 3d model, its coming along nicely but I'm struggling with lighting. There are no outer walls to my model and I want it to appear very naturally lit from all around. The camera light seems to make the model look very flat.

I've played around with various lights but can't seem to get even remotely close to what I'm after - would anyone be willing to share any settings for a natural type light?

Thanks

 

[fused]

I'm currently modelling an interior of an apartment which is only my second ever 3d model, its coming along nicely but I'm struggling with lighting. There are no outer walls to my model and I want it to appear very naturally lit from all around. The camera light seems to make the model look very flat.

I've played around with various lights but can't seem to get even remotely close to what I'm after - would anyone be willing to share any settings for a natural type light?

Thanks

You could turn the camera light off and play with the radiosity tag but I'm rubbish at interiors so I'd like some guidance as well.

Andrew

 

[peer]

Could you show us a sketch or screengrab from your scene, I could have a look at it if you like.

Regards,

Peter

 

[Tybalt]

Here is a link to a thread in the gallery you might find helpful.

http://www.cheetah3d.de/forum/showthread.php?t=1180

Hope this helps, if not I can help more if you give a little more insight into the sceen that your creating.

Rhys.

 

[novolume]

Here is my model in its current state, it's nowhere near finished, I've still got a lot to model and texture but I wanted to see what results other Cheetah users could get if they rendered the same file but with different lighting as I am struggling to combine radiosity and lighting. I've attached the Cheetah file.

 

[peer]

Hi,

Here's my try. It uses two arealights. One in front of the windows and one for the sun. I saw that you turned off shadows of the camera, I turned them on in order to show the sun, etc.
I don't say it's the perfect solution, but maybe you can do something with it.

Regards,

Peter