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Sun-Sky Only w/ Additional Lights

MelissaGTMelissaGT Posts: 2,611
edited December 2018 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hi there,

I'm working on a scene using Urban Future 5, and the additional lights and camera settings that can be purchased with it. The scene I'm trying to render, in particular, is using camera and render setting #1, which defaults to Sun-Sky Only mode (image attached). However, I really want to add some additional lights to draw attention to my subject's face. I've read that I can change the Environment settings to Dome and Scene and then remove the environment map...but it doesn't seem to work the way I was expecting. When I do this, the scene gets all blown out beyond belief. I don't have any additional lights in the scene yet...just the subject himself. The sun settings, as well as all the other render settings remain the same. I tried tweaking around with the tone mapping, but it's not really helping, not to mention that the bloom gets all whacky as well. What I was really hoping was to have Stonemason's perfect "back alley" lighting...and then just add my own rim and fill lights to my subject to make his face stand out more. Am I doing something wrong here? Can I use mesh lights to accomplish what I want? 

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  • benniewoodellbenniewoodell Posts: 1,986

    I use that scene and the light kit a lot and always use it in render mode scene only and you can use any lights you want. 

  • MelissaGTMelissaGT Posts: 2,611
    edited December 2018
    benniewoodell said:

    I use that scene and the light kit a lot and always use it in render mode scene only and you can use any lights you want. 

    Changing it to Scene Only still results in the same blown own lighting. It would be fine if I was building my own lighting from scratch...but I want the exact same lighting as pictured above...Stongemason's original ighting...and then just add my own supplemental lighting for the figure so his face stands out a bit more. 

    *edit* Dome Only seems to keep the original lighting. I'll have to see if lights will work with it. 

    *edit again* They don't. :(

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  • MelissaGTMelissaGT Posts: 2,611

    Figured it out - the issue was the camera's headlamp. I turned it off and Dome and Scene mode works fine. 

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