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# 1 25-05-2012 , 07:28 PM
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Lighting Effect on Polygons

I am wondering how to achieve this type of lighting effect using similar buildings i create out of polygons. I suspect this one was made with nurbs. What type of lights should i add and what adjustments should i make? Which render settings should i use? I attached a .jpeg. Let me know if you have trouble viewing it. Also, i need to render my building semi-transparent.
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This is an "ambient occlusion" render, mostly. You'll get close to the same results by making a maya surface shader, and connecting to the color attribute a mental ray ambient occlusion node, adjusting sample attribute upwards until you get rid of any speckles.
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Thank you! I don't know exactly how to do that, but I know enough that i think i can figure it out.
 
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So it turns out I need this type of shading, but in full color. Mainly, the way the light falls gradually on the surface. Any advice?
 
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You can composite the ambient occlusion pass over a regular color pass. Render out both and then in photoshop, add the AO as a layer on top of the color and set the blending mode to multiply. There's lots of tuts on the web if you google.
 
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I was able to render using mental ray with default lighting and ambient occlusion turned on and set Rays to 500. I then set the environment background color to white in the camera attribute editor and got exactly what i was hoping for! Thanks!
 
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