Lighting
Basics
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Ambient
Light Color:
This color chip (9a)
works the same as the Light Color chip.
Remember these color choices are extreme. On a real project the
lights you create will be much more subtle as will the choice of
colors. The red color becomes overpowering as shown in (9).
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Preview:
This box shows the number of lights and how they affect the image (10).
Example (11)
shows the Preview
box with 7 lights.
Each light icon represents your color choice In (11a)
you see an individual light icon.
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The
large end of the light icon represents the source of the light. The light
shines from the small end.
You can move the small end in either direction a full 360 degrees if you
wish. To add more
lights, click once inside the light Preview window
for each one. To remove a light, click on it and press the Backspace key.
As you can see a lot goes into creating an effective lighting scheme.
Practice will make you proficient.
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When
I am doing a painting,
I create new libraries because I
don’t want the default library to become too big and slow the program
down. I create many different lights to test the mood I am
trying to achieve in my work.
I save each light before I click the OK
button to apply the effect to the image. I try to use a descriptive name so
I’m not lost
when I go back later to find a light.
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