Lighting Basics 


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).

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.  

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. 
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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