Realistic Lighting Color
Realistic Lighting Color
The natural thing to do when starting to light your space is to insert the light, and hit the render button.
However, the default light color is white. In real life, there are very few lights that are pure white. Perhaps a welding spark...
No, it's important to set your lights to good colors. The sun light color also needs to be given a warmer color.
So, what you want to know is "What color looks good?"
You could try studying this lighting chart, even sample the rgb color using the eyedropper in your preferred photo editor.
Try these light colors as a starting point in your next interior:
Kitchen design and model by the award winning Dan Stronge.
In the example below, the IES lights in the under cabinet lighting has been changed... but that is not important, it's only meant as a study in light color.
Remember that the exposure of your camera for interiors is very important. Also, post production in a photo editor will always do wonders to enhance a raw render and take it to the "next level". Here is a real photographic example of a cloudy day with the interior incandescent lights near the stairway.
However, the default light color is white. In real life, there are very few lights that are pure white. Perhaps a welding spark...
No, it's important to set your lights to good colors. The sun light color also needs to be given a warmer color.
So, what you want to know is "What color looks good?"
You could try studying this lighting chart, even sample the rgb color using the eyedropper in your preferred photo editor.
Try these light colors as a starting point in your next interior:
Kitchen design and model by the award winning Dan Stronge.
In the example below, the IES lights in the under cabinet lighting has been changed... but that is not important, it's only meant as a study in light color.
Remember that the exposure of your camera for interiors is very important. Also, post production in a photo editor will always do wonders to enhance a raw render and take it to the "next level". Here is a real photographic example of a cloudy day with the interior incandescent lights near the stairway.
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Hey Fletch
Great set of images! It really has helped me understand how to set up my renders
Great set of images! It really has helped me understand how to set up my renders
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Thanks Fletch, great examples. This might be helpful too: http://planetpixelemporium.com/tutorialpages/light.html
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Thanks for the reminder of the article, UncleBim, I like these as a good starter point for some colors, but as the article points out, it depends on the eye (and monitor or printer) of the one viewing the image. So, the article says just as stated above, these colors for lights are just a suggested quick starting point.
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That's really helpful thanks a lot.
Love the flooring, is it part of a collection?
Love the flooring, is it part of a collection?
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I made the floor myself. When im next at my computer i'll post the map spec and bumpChaletScout wrote:Love the flooring, is it part of a collection?
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Thanks Dan, will be perfect for a project I'm about to start.
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