The Art of Poser and Photoshop- P4:Before you dive into the first chapter, be sure to download the content and images from . You will see the title of the book in bold and below that, you will find the files you need. Please download the files for each chapter and place them into a main folder named Tutorials. You will be asked to reference the images from that folder as you work through the tutorials throughout the book. Of course you will need Poser Pro and Photoshop CS4 as well | 78 The Art of Poser and Photoshop The Official Guide Basic Poser Lighting Techniques The lighting panel is as intuitive as the modeling tools. With the light controls you can add a light delete a light access the light properties change the light intensity and change the light color. Figure shows a view of the Light Controls panel. Figure View of the Light Controls panel Add Light Delete Light Light Properties Light Color By default you have three light sources which are designated as Light 1 thru 3 see Figure . For the best effect use Light 1 as the main light Light 2 as the rim light and Light 3 as the fill light. The main light serves as the primary light source for your scene. The fill light provides illumination to the shaded side of your model so that the shadows will render with some detail instead of being solid black. The rim light adds a nice light source that highlights the edge of your model and is also used by photographers to highlight the hair in a portrait. For any light source you will have two tabs labeled Parameters and Properties see Figure . The Properties controls allow you to change the characteristics of the light and determine whether it will be seen in the final render. This is also where you can specify whether the light will resemble a spot infinite point or diffuse IBL image-based lighting light source. As a quick note the IBL is a light source that comes directly from an image that you import in the program. Click on the Parameters tab to see the options listed there. Under Other you can make adjustments to how much of a shadow should be cast on your actors using the Shadow wheel. If you use an image as your light source use the map size to determine how it is displayed. The next three wheels adjust the three colors representative of white light. Varying the intensity using the Red Green and Blue color dials allows you to Chapter 1 Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview 79 Figure Default lighting controls .
