Lighting help...

Stockwell

Hey all,

I've been working on this scene for a couple of weeks now, off and on. I'm getting to the point where I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Except I think that light is ugly as hell.

I hate my lighting. lol.

Here is a screengrab from my latest lighting setup in UDK:



and this is what I did in photoshop to replicate what I want, harder darker shadows, more contrast:



This peice is due tomorrow, I have to finish up some last minute normal maps, and assets, put my final pass on all my textures and finish the lighting. Any critiques, suggestions on the lighting, and tips would be much abliged.

Thanks a ton!

Stockwell

St.Sabath

Sometimes i find myself in the same position..
My advice,backup your scene,delete all lights,start with a total black scene and reapproach,
Start with one light(the ceiling ones,get it just right,tweak it,then add the rest)i bet within 2 hours you'll get exactly what you wished for!

Try it,youll be amazed ..

JamesWild

I think the scene construction could use some work first. The columns clip into the ceiling, and the columns, despite being load bearing, sit on top of floor tiles. Just looks a bit odd.

With regard to lighting, think about what the scene is meant for. If it's meant to be creepy, use high falloff exponents to make the lights dim (but never dark) and place them low. If it's meant to be clinical and harsh, strong overhead light.

blankslatejoe

Hm...if the photoshop image is exactly what you want, look into Tonemapping/postprocess (in worldinfo/properties iirc). With a few quick tweaks you could get pretty close.

Jacky

If you are using emissive lighting only you might want to re-adjust your emissive light falloff and influence radius values under actor properties.

Snipergen

You actually can make your scene look exactly like your photoshop edit with the look up table. http://vimeo.com/38542834

Jacky

Snipergen wrote: »

You actually can make your scene look exactly like your photoshop edit with the look up table. http://vimeo.com/38542834

Now that's awesome. Thanks for the link!