Random internal lighting of tower blocks

[ZFact]

Hi All;

Please find attached a photograph of skyscrapers

at night. I am working on a night shot of a tower block

at the moment and would like some advice on the best way

to light up the internal of the building. Is it best to do

it in post work and if so any tips on how i could do this in

photoshop.

 

thanks

[alexthg]

Just light your tower interior with self illum material, or whatever suits your renderers, then put curtains (just a simple rectangular plane will do) to any window u want to be dark

 

Regards

Harry G

[AJLynn]

If you're using Cinema that's easy. Go here: http://forum.3dfluff.com/ and in the Materials board there are several skyscraper windows materials. If you're not using Cinema, do it the same way, with a procedural material.

[jophus14]

AJLynn: This sounds horrible, but could you explain what you mean by using a procedural material for doing this type of lighting? Thanks.

[ZFact]

Cheers Andrew and harry

 

Thats a great help

 

Thanks

[AJLynn]

Joseph: it would be a material for tiling windows and making some glow, it's not actual lighting. Okay, maybe it would need some Photoshop work.

[ZFact]

I think joseph is chatting about the procedural thing being

horrible. You know.. cameras in places other than 3D space

[joseph alexander]

Material by Element if you're using max...

 

http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/5222-double-skin-facade.html

[jophus14]

I was saying that my question might seem horrible, I was wondering what a precedural material is considered?