Poser : Rendering and Lighting Solutions Workshop

See LeAndra Dawn’s website here and her magazine interview here

When we experience lighting in the “real world” it tends to just well—happen! Without much effort from us, the sun rises, we flick a switch, or we open the curtains and there we have it, light! We may put some thought into where we place a lamp, how we angle the blinds, or where we aim a torch, but much of the time our experience with light is generally a passive experience.

Things are different in the 3D graphics world, where we’re wanting to maximize a scene that we have carefully set up and make the lighting look realistic . There’s a desire to optimise the elements of mood, a character’s expression, the textures and objects in the scene.

This is a community workshop where Poser artists are invited to share their artwork with tips on lighting and/or rendering ! If you have a useful tip to share, even if it’s just for a few minutes then get in touch!

I’d like to pack the session with as many high value tips as possible, such as…

• Optimal render settings for Superfly or Firefly
• Superfly-ready materials
• Post-render clean up tips
• Scene optimisation for faster renders
• Scene types : Indoor and Outdoor
• Character portraits
• Rendering hair
• Rendering skin
• Shadow settings
• Light types and sources
• Positioning of the sun or other light sources
• Virtual camera settings and placement
• Portrait lighting