hi jay, just really started lighting a few hours ago. I have spot lights with linear drop off, intensity 80 because I treid to map one with .., a map!!??

basically up till now its bean one big area light reflecting from a plain.., I dont know aht Im doing but I know thats sort of how mental ray works.., I have been using mental ray until the paint effects tree in the earlier scene.

so far, its been just mental ray and an area light.

if you have ANY tips, I would be really happy to hear them. I have no tuts for exteriors rendering. just a directional light ect.., blue (dark) for shadows.., thats all I know.

I was going to go in later, after I pit a few more odds and ends there and three point light everything.., (my film background mixed with animation lighting I know very little about.??)

do you want to see the scene?? I think you understand it from what i said.

thanks jay, much appreciated.