Graphics Programs Reference
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Set the sky color by clicking on the box next to Sky Color and
enter these values in the color picker dialog: 165, 165, 180.
Make sure the skylight is turned on. You may also want to
adjust your light color to match your scene. You can even get
very crazy with this thing and load HDR lights and other stuff
to match your lighting via the photo, but we're keeping this
simple for now. I am going to use a blue color for the ambient
lighting in this case. By default, your shadow sample is 20. I
lower mine to 10 or 15 just to speed up render tests. When
you finalize your shot, you'll reset the shadow sample to the
desired number. The Multiplier setting is how intense your
light is. We may adjust this up or down depending on how this
scene starts turning out. Let's go ahead and do a test render
with these settings.
Figure 22-16: Our test render
Not bad! Oh, and before I forget, I need to mention something
about the render size. You don't need to render the original
size of the image, but you do need to maintain the aspect ratio.
To lock down this aspect ratio, simply press the Lock icon in
your render settings. You can now change the size of your
