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Newsflash

Here in the West it is hard for us to imagine life without electricity.

Some new lighting simulations of medieval houses, shops and other buildings are online here. While they do give a good impression it is quite likely that these movies will be tweaked In the near future so they are even more accurate.

 
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No cast shadows

This simple lighting model is using the Director Shockwave plugin. If you look at the geometry you can see there is a problem.

Got it?

Right- there are no cast shadows. Everything looks a little unreal, maybe the objects are floating in the air. They do not look stuck to the ground. At the moment this lack of cast shadows is one of the problems with the 3d Shockwave plugin.

If you are ever painting a picture with cast shadows, rather than thinking shadows are black, you can paint them the complimentary colour of the light. So if the light is yellow or orange you can paint them slightly blue, purple or violet. Then see if you think it looks real.

Last Updated ( Monday, 25 December 2006 )
 
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