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Vectorworks 2010 Getting Started With
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Vectorworks 2010 Products 85Vectorworks Spotlight 2010 Getting Started GuideLighting in the 3D WorldLike Textures, Lighting in the 3D World is not always as it seems. It is with the Spotlight Entertainment Fixtures, but there are otherlighting options available for visualization. We’re going to look at the lighting options in the Visualization Toolset and the View MenuI think of these as draft tools. I use them as a set designer to indicate my own lighting ideas to colleagues. Lighting designers can usethese tools to rapidly present early visualizations to directors, producers and others on the team, Lighting sketches prepared prior to thelight plot to gain agreement on concepts before drafting an entire plot.Remember, every light adds calculations and increases rendering time. Consider that rendering time when planning your lighting.Renderworks inserts an invisible light when you render an object, we have been working with that light. When you add an actual light,that placeholder is removed.And while this section is short, it is deceptively complex. Masteringlighting takes time.View Menu OptionsLet’s take a look at View>Lighting. You will see two options; SetSun Position and Set Lighting Options. Set Sun Position is valuableif you’re are doing outdoor work or looking through a retailstorefront and are interested in the sun’s impact on a specific dateand time. Let’s take a closer look at Set Lighting Options where youshould make some selections.Ambient Light is the extraneous light in any space. If you areworking on a final light plot and visualizing you should turn this off.If you want to illustrate a few spots piercing a blue overall wash youmay just want to change the default color and adjust the brightnessand/or the color temperature.We just reviewed HDRI Background Images, here is where you canturn on the light info in the HDRI source.Let’s go to the Visualization Toolset and select the LightTool. Note the Options in the Tool Bar. Lights inserted into yourmodel can be controlled from the OIP and also the VisualizationPalette. In your Preferences you can make the lights invisible inyour renderings. |
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