sunlight in cinema 4d?
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- Hombre_Lobo
anyone know what light is best to use?
Im finding my shadow angles don't look natural. In reality with sunlight as the sun is so far away all shadows appear almost parallel in direction.
this is the problem -
the light source is very far away yet the shadow angles are not near parallel.
- DoTheMacarena0
what light are you using now?
- Hombre_Lobo0
think ive sorted it.
There is a light type cryptically called 'Sun', which seems to be it. Very misleading indeed.
- loling, very misleading.pastpastdue
- shush!! :PHombre_Lobo
- DoTheMacarena0
quite. either use that (which you can control the TOD and lat/long of where the scene should be), or a huge area light.
- the TOD thing is a bit annoy (but useful clearly), id rather just position properly.Hombre_Lobo
- yeah, it *can* be useful if you're trying to match some live action footage, but I haven't ever gotten that good of a result.DoTheMacarena
- Hombre_Lobo0
i still get the same problem, shadows are not near parallel. Thats with the sun positioned 10000000m away.
the image above is using a spot light.
- Hombre_Lobo0
a huge area light?
lets see...
- DoTheMacarena0
yeah, try a huge area light, sizing down your scene, or lighting with GI
- if those don't work, someone else on here for sure knows more than I do.DoTheMacarena
- Hombre_Lobo0
a huge area light gave me crazy messed up shadows.
i might have to do individual lights for each object... sigh!
- what do you have the shadows set to? shadowmaps, raytraced, or area?DoTheMacarena
- raytraced soft, 1500x1500 - to match scene.
Hombre_Lobo
- Douglas0
Yeah, sounds like you need Global Illumination w/ the Advanced Render module. Not for sunlight, but GreyscaleGorilla has a great HDRI kit as well.
http://greyscalegorilla.com/ligh…
- Hombre_Lobo0
yeh ive seen GSG HDRI kit, looks great.
but i didnt think global illumination was necessary for sunlight mimcing.
cheers for link dude :)
- DoTheMacarena0
Yeah I have that HDRI kit also, it comes in really handy. I end up using the pre-built softboxes and spots more than anything else.
Give the GI a shot if you have the advanced render module. c4d has some outdoor HDRIs built in, not sure if there's anything with a hotspot, though.
- ifeltdave0
CS Tools has a daylight prefab, give that a shot
- M_C_P0
add a new light and under the general tab look for type: infinite. use the rotation of the light to change the angle of the simulated sunlight