In the 3d world, you models and environments are only as good as your presentation. If your renders come out looking rushed or quickly put together, people will know. Putting more focus on lighting can make all the difference in a scene. Below are a couple of examples of different lighting tests. They were all rendered with Mental Ray, some using the physical sun, while others combined that with additional lights.


Physical Sun


Physical Sun + Green Spot Light


3 Spot Lights


Physical Sun + 2 Spot Lights

Sometimes coming up with a design can be difficult. There are times when you wish there was an easy button to finish projects for difficult clients, but sometimes its the simplest idea that ends up being the best. While using plug-ins and having the newest software gives you many advantages, sometime you have to utilize the resources that are available.
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For all the 3D artists out there, working on a dynamic design or animation can be fun but time consuming. When it comes time to render we want to make sure everything is perfect so that we don’t have to wait for hours just to realize we didn’t add enough lighting to the scene. A more proficient process would be to use Render Layers.
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For those of you using After Effects, there are a few things you should know about to make your workflow better or to get better quality out of your work.
1) Presets
2) Bit Depth


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