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  • Shadow problem

    Posted by Thomas Novak on August 13, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    Hi everybody … I am a begginner, and this problem may sound trivial for somebody …

    And because my engish isnt so good, I will better show the problem, then explain everything …
    so..

    I created logo, its text should shine (as material), but it don’t.
    And this depends on my main problem. Even if there are no lights, cinema is creating some shadows and that is destroying my image …

    it looks so: https://screenshot.posterus.cz/6K0Y5/

    and it should look like this https://screenshot.posterus.cz/ML49O/ but in original angle of view .. thees circles (which will become reproductors) shouldn’t be in shadows too.

    However there is one more mistake … When you look to “radio”, the shine of text there is lower than on “posterus”. I tried all the ways of application of material on the object, but all is the same 🙁

    I tried to rotate all the objects too, but the shadow is always in the same angle of cameta takes to object

    so please 2 questions:

    How to “kill” theese shadows

    and

    How to makes that material to shine everywhere the same

    Thanks a lot

    Thomas Novak replied 14 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Brian Jones

    August 14, 2011 at 12:18 am

    you can add Luminance to the materials but too much luminance makes the objects look flat. Probably it’s better to use more lights that are not as bright to fill the shadows. Do a search for 3-point lighting.

  • Bill Kelly

    August 14, 2011 at 6:33 am

    Also, you should go into Render Settings, then Options and turn off the Default Light.

    To see tutorials, articles, tips, free stuff, and more visit my post-production blog at https://thekellzone.com

  • Thomas Novak

    August 16, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    Okey, thanks to all, I’ll try it 🙂

    Have a Nice day 🙂

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