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4. Crank up the AO
Radius
option to
3.2
and the
AO Gamma
option to
3.2
.
Watch what happens on your
Preview
window while you do this. Your
settings should look similar to what is shown in the following screenshot:
Metals don't receive shadows very well, so let's go turn it down on the gold.
Go back into your scene settings, and on the gold shader (down in the advanced
section), turn down your
AO Amount
option to
0.42
. The final result should look
similar to what is shown in the following screenshot:
Light falloff
When a candle is very bright at its flame but against a far wall, the wall is lit dimly.
This effect is true with light bulbs as well. This principle is called
Light Falloff
.
To add some realism and dramatic lighting to our scene, let's adjust this setting.
