Daylight system ?

[hsa]

I tried posting this in general disussions but haven't gotten any feedback so I will try here.

 

I use VizRender 2006. I was wondering what settings others like to set the daylight system at as far as time of day goes for Exteriors. Do you prefer morning, mid afternoon or late day settings? Summer or winter? What do you prefer to set brightness and contrast at to get rich color in the textures.

 

I like to set mine at about 18 hours in mid June with brightness and contrast at 65% and 50% respectively. Just wondering about others opinions.

 

Thanks for any advice

[Jason Matthews]

I think it depends on the scene and if you will be compositing into an image. Also depends on if the lighting needs to be specific. If I do a project that does not require these things then I start with the daylight color on a light yellowish orange and skylight on a very light blue, almost white. I always keep the skylight at 1 and let the materials reflect the light and ambiance.

 

As for the brightness/contrast I like to set the contrst a little higher than the brightness say 55 brightness and 65 contrast. Once again it depends on the image and feeling I'm going for. You will find that every image is different and setting do not work the same on each scene.

 

Also keep in mind that post process is a big part of it. The 2 most important things are material reflectivity and mesh size.

 

Good luck.

[hsa]

If you are lowering your Brightness level and raising contrast where are you setting your time of day.

 

Or are your B & C settings pretty much standard no matter what the sun angle is?

 

Thanks for the response!

[AJLynn]

It's not really something you can apply a universal principle to. The time controls the light levels and shadows, and different scenarios are going to be better for different scenes (and different shots of the same scene) - you need to consider what you want your light to do, then test different settings.

 

The brightness/contrast is part of the exposure control system, you can use the default unless you want something else, or use Photoshop levels. Personally I don't like exposure control, I'd rather do it with lighting and Photoshop.

[Jason Matthews]

I typically set these controls based on the scene. I do a lot of post process in PS but it really all depends on how you work. Just set your time of day to the feeling you are trying to portray and go with it. I don't know of anyone who does not post process because tweeking all of those settings in max or viz would take forever.