Originally posted by twisteddragon33
i rarely ever go on my yahoo messenger. If you could send it to me through a PM? or in this thread(or my own)? I have maya 8
All I basically did was create 3 point lights, and position them as follows.
One at the back of the model, in a cool color (such as Blue) this gives the render depth, and some atmosphere.
One light over the top of the model, as a Fill Light ( I left the color to default for this one.)
Then one towards the front of the car (high up) as a detail light. This light helps clean up the render, and shows up the details, and shadows.
Then i set the Mental Ray setting to Production added some FG, and played with the AA settings.
Then hit Render!
I wasn't looking for a marvelous render scene when i did these. The render scene I'm using in those renders is purely for creating Clay display renders.
When i get to rendering a final scene with textures, and stuff. I will most likely use a completely different lighting rig.
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