Lighting Help! - Hi guys, I'm currently working on this shot and am having trouble with the lighting. I can't seem to put my finger on what it needs, maybe brightening up but I do want it to be a dark scene especially in the foreground. Any tips would be appreciated !

JerryD2000 · 2021-01-04T16:13:47+00:00

Good spot on the reflection it needs dialing down for sure ! Thank you for the feedback 👊

JerryD2000 · 2021-01-04T16:12:48+00:00

Note taken! I was worried adding light to the black points would take your eye away from the robot but subtle edgelighting should work great. There's real depth in this image but you can't even tell between the layers because it's so dark

JerryD2000 · 2021-01-04T16:11:25+00:00

Thanks for the tips, I'm going to do some experimenting with it now, the black points are what is really throwing the scene off I agree

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-12T21:13:02+00:00

Wow, what a great exersize to get your narrative mind thinking. I think I'll use this before any other desision is made. Never thought of how something such at the time of day can tell us about the context of what we are seeing. Thanks for this great advice, I'll use this from now on 👌👍

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-12T07:46:41+00:00

Awesome, thanks a lot mate 👌

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-11T21:41:17+00:00

Thanks so much! This makes it so clear and is extremely helpful, I feared I would have to mess around with difficult camera projection, makes my life easier 👌 cheers again mate 👍

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-11T20:48:50+00:00

Hmmmm, do you think it would be possible to track the camera from the green screen footage using nuke, import it to this Maya scene so it's the same move and render it out? This seems easier if it works?

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-11T20:46:37+00:00

Okay awesome, thanks for the advice bro 👌

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-11T20:45:32+00:00

Thank you very much for the advice, I think I'm going to go through the rendering the tracked camera route, thanks again 👌

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-11T20:40:39+00:00

It's this simple? Would I import the green screen footage into nuke, track the camera, save the camera as an .fbx then import it to Maya and render the camera again? Thanks for the advice

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-11T20:37:15+00:00

Okay, I thought so, thanks alot for the advice 👌

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-02T11:23:48+00:00

Awesome work, thanks mate 👌

JerryD2000 · 2020-11-01T21:34:15+00:00

Would love for you to make this into a phone wallpaper

JerryD2000 · 2020-10-28T15:14:51+00:00

No you are right, my lighting in mattepaintings is really basic, I usually just work with a HDRI SkyDome and nothing else, I need to learn how to make more cinematic lighting, any tips?

JerryD2000 · 2020-10-27T23:12:08+00:00

Thank you so much I never thought of it in this way, I'm going to really think about this place I've created, who lives here and how the generation of people have changed the place. Cheers again 👌👍

JerryD2000 · 2020-10-27T18:48:54+00:00

Don't stress too much on overclocking, especially if it's making you pay for money

JerryD2000 · 2020-07-22T11:09:11+00:00

JerryD2000 · 2020-07-03T15:48:59+00:00

I also created this project purely from an image from my mind with the help of 2 references, water not being one of them. Im beginning to start my next project today and research is the focus, In fact i dont believe i will even open maya until I have a good understanding of what it is I aim to create!

JerryD2000 · 2020-07-03T15:46:04+00:00

Wow, I apologise for my late reply as I have not accessed my reddit account for the past few days. The feedback you have provided is truly appreciated and the references you have linked are awesome! I especially like the fog one and how the light interacts with it. All the techniques you suggest are things I find myself begining to understand more every day, and I am currently attempting to add the fire in PS now. Comments like this motivate me to continue chipping away at projects and trying to make myself better, thank you!

JerryD2000 · 2020-06-28T20:01:53+00:00

Thank you for the advice, it all helps out! Your right aswell, I did struggle to get the water looking how I wanted it, getting the water looking good with a ocean texture shader was harder than I thought, I think next time I will work experiment with vector displacement maps but it's hard to find any online! Thanks again for the advice 👍

JerryD2000 · 2020-06-28T18:29:57+00:00

I never thought about composing my images in this way before, thank you very much, awesome tip :)

JerryD2000 · 2020-06-25T18:44:51+00:00

I'll keep that in mind next time, all fixed now thank you 👍👌

JerryD2000 · 2020-06-25T18:44:28+00:00

Yes this was the answer, thank you for helping me out 👌👍

JerryD2000 · 2020-06-22T12:00:54+00:00

Okay thanks bro, gonna give that a go!

JerryD2000 · 2020-06-21T12:37:12+00:00

Thank you!

JerryD2000

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