[Olivier Cugniet]

hi there

i'm working on a new project. need some help with the light. I have this big specular highlight on the marble, under the feet of the first woman, and don't really know why. any clues ? Lamp is modelled and has transmissive glass



help is really appreciated

[Maximus3D]

It looks very interesting Olivier just one thing tho, it'd be nice if the
sunlight lit up the womans butt too.. oh and just to explain why is that
ahum.. it would enhance the overall look and feel of the composition. (hehe)

Keep up the good work!

/ Max

[Olivier Cugniet]

he, i see what you want.... actually i'm still studying what lighting i should use, and the sun position is not always easy to set

let's see what i will get

[NicoR44]

hehe, yes yes more light

looking goood Olivier, nice render again!! keep tweaking

[mverta]

This reminds me a lot of that weird highlight under the paw (?) of the dragon model some weeks ago by Maximus:



...definitely something not right going on there.

_Mike

[Olivier Cugniet]

here's the same but rendred a bit longer...
tomorrow i'll try to render it without the women, just to see what happens... or what could i test more ?

[aitraaz]

here's the same but rendred a bit longer...
tomorrow i'll try to render it without the women, just to see what happens... or what could i test more ?

Uhh...just render the women mate

[ivox3]

Olivier, .......just for the heck of it, .......try messing around with the 'slab' geometry .........delete it / rebuild it / ......whatever .....and re-test.

[Olivier Cugniet]

errr, what's "slab"

[Olivier Cugniet]

aitraaz, i'll render a scene specially for you

i've made some tests..... ..... weird....look


first i thought it may be the normals of my marble object, so i re-imported it with hard edges...but it doesn't seem to be that...

without the women


moved the lamp


replaced the emitter sphere



is there any hidden spotlight feature ? do i miss something ??

[ivox3]

hide the lantern emitter .......and see. I"m curious.

slab: your marble object ........a slab typically refers to a 'sliced' piece of rock/granite/marble/limestone etc ......

"hey, .....that slab of marble is one heavy SOB"

[Olivier Cugniet]

chris, yes when i hide the lantern emitter, the effect disappears, but why does it that weird effect ?

and this one is for aitraaz, 3 nice females

[ivox3]

I don't know ........but did you try some new geometry within in the lantern emitter. .......maybe try 2 versions, ......a low poly / high poly.

You also might want to examine the lantern shades ( I would hide the shade) ......then render with the 2 emitter variations. ......see if it's gone,......then bring back the shade.

btw: ......I think you left a window open .......you got some visitors stopping by.

[Olivier Cugniet]

i tried already two different geometries for the lantern emitter, i just want to test a new material for the marble... but no time now... and now i have to chase these pinguins before

[mverta]

PM sent.

_Mike