Part1 Reference
As I said in week6 blog, These room reference were searched by group members together.
Part2 Lignting
The tutorial
I found a lot of tutorials on lighting this week. Although I had learned about lighting before, I hadn’t used it in a long, long time. I almost had forgotten everything I had learned and had to start learning again.
The tutorial
At the beginning, I created an ambient light for the overall model. The story takes place at night, so I found a picture of the night sky.
I created a zone light and a parallel light outside the window.
To brighten the character’s face and add reflection to the room, I added a zone light on the wall opposite the character.
Wrong attempts and corrections
I tried many way, finally, I solved it. I lowered the opacity of all the glowing models and added a point light source in the center of each object.
For each light, I set a key frame so that when Abilene turns off the lights, the lights go out.
This is the lighting effect in the room when the lights are on.
This is the lighting effect in the room when the lights are off. There is a bit of blue light coming in from the window in the lower left corner. The lighting effect may not be obvious due to the different screen brightness. If I make something like this again, I will increase the outdoor lighting.
Part3 Feedback & Updates
At first, I planned to put a point light source into every bulb at the head of Abilene’s bed, but in practice, I found that the scene was rendered much slower with each additional light. So far, I’ve added a lot of light to the scene. If light bulbs at the head of Abilene’s bed were added, the atmosphere would be great, but the rendering time would turn to be horrendous.At the same time, the software will crash easily when rendering. To this end, I consulted with my team members. Their advice to me was that the ambience of the lighting in the room was good enough so far. It is not recommended that I turn on all the lights, making sure the project is completed on time as a priority. Finally, I accepted their advice. Removed the light from Abilene’s bed, and lit only the light above the room.
Part4 conclusion
In order to make the lighting atmosphere better, I carefully arranged the placement of each star lights on roof. In the process of making the lighting for this room, I realized that I still have a lot to learn. Making lighting is a very artistic thing, which requires certain artistic aesthetics and theoretical knowledge. At the same time, I need to spend time learning and practicing how to adjust the lighting and the function and use of each light. By trying to understand the properties and functions of each light, I can make better lighting in the future. If I had the chance to do it again, I would modify the intensity of the light outside the window. To make the light into the room more visible.
For lighting, I have saved 4 working files.