Graphics Reference
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So, why did we make it blue? Well, for a lamp to be on, it's probably night. If you
look at any film footage, night is really denoted by shades of blue. Therefore, the
light of night is blue. The same reason our lamp bulbs will have a bit of orangey-
yellow to them. They're incandescent bulbs, which have a very warm look (also
called color temperature). If you're going to be an animation god, you have to pay
attention to everything around you: timings, lighting, and colors (actual colors and
not just perceived colors). With all this in mind, let's create our first (of four) bulb
lights by performing the following steps:
1.
Create a point light that is slightly orangey-yellow (be subtle) with an
intensity of 100 percent. Don't worry just yet about any shadows or falloffs.
These will actually be controlled within Element 3D. Name this light
Light 1
.
The settings should look similar to what is shown in the following screenshot:
