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Albee
http://Timothy.ArtistNation.com
Plug-ins by Timothy Albee
4-Point Lighting Setup
(LScript)
Full Version
What it is
: Layout => Scene | Utilities
| Generics | 4-Point Lighting Setup cre-
ates a
basic
four-point lighting model in an
instant.
What makes this cool
: In addition to
giving you a decent lighting model to test-
render your models and whatnot, this
script both
parents
and
targets
the camera
and all lights to separate nulls. This
makes it easier to move/scale the lights
as a unit and orbit the camera about an
object by simply rotating the “camera
dolly.”
Notes
: I am no programmer, scripter,
or coder. This script was created using
LightWave's ability to record what you do
and then turn it into a script (using
LScript | LS Commander). So it's not
perfect, but, so far, the only caveat in
using it I've found is that
it is best run on
a fresh, new scene
. (Running it on a scene
with light names changed or the camera
animated is not a good idea.)
Figure A-21
Figure A-22: This image is of the probe droid loaded
into a scene that has had its lighting gaffed with a
four-point lighting setup.
