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Bree Giffen
♥♣♦♠ Furrtune Hunter ♠♦♣♥
Join date: 22 Jun 2006
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03-17-2008 17:12
Underlight. Now that would be neat, if woman walked around with the neon glow like street race cars. heh. or not. heh, I have no idea why I read what you said here and thought of a neon glowing street racer. I have shoes that have neon. Never thought you could compare them to a car though. They look pretty nice. _____________________
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
Posts: 2,855
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03-17-2008 18:42
I dun tink I'd ever tell anyone to turn their off, even if I do think they're generally unflattering. That would be jes rude. Mari tanks Mari, i re read my post and realized that one should never post ones opinion w/o haing copious amounts of caffeine in the system. if i came across as well vain it wasn't my intention. ************************************************************************ i did however do a lil experiment with my face lights, and saw that well i did have a halo( after adjusting my settings this went away), and found that yeah if you are in the dark and within five meters of someone with facelights, or hairlights, they can be distracting, but not garishly so. but i did run across one today while celebratin St Paddys on the grid with my daughters, a nuclear lass EVERYTHING was lit up like 3mile island on this chile head to toe clothes and all.....ummm whats that about? _____________________
There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Jezabell Barbosa
Muah™
Join date: 11 Mar 2007
Posts: 896
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03-17-2008 18:50
but what if I am set to midnight and I like looking at my face?
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Atashi Yue
Registered User
Join date: 24 Jan 2007
Posts: 703
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03-17-2008 18:53
but what if I am set to midnight and I like looking at my face? Narcissist!!!! Buuuuuurn her!!!!! (kidding) *polishes face kliegs* |
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Swan Legend
Registered User
Join date: 6 Nov 2007
Posts: 275
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03-17-2008 19:15
im using the mysti tools light emitter and its working perfectly for what i wanted. it takes off the hard edges from the avatar mesh without bleaching out the face and it doesnt light up the environment around the avatar at all. that was money well spent.
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Roxi Bingyi
SL Music Association
Join date: 25 May 2007
Posts: 27
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03-17-2008 22:06
I, for one appreciate this thread. I had no idea facelights caused so much trouble.
I did realize that others see me however their system is set to see me but I thought my facelight just made me look cute. The idea never crossed my mind to wear more than one nor did I know that it affected everyone around me. I'm the average user, clueless. Now I've learned that I'm prolly an obtrusive lag hag that looks like a illuminated polypig to everyone but myself, the local light sucker. I love you guys!  I guess it's like makeup. If everyone can see it from afar, you got way too much on. (Retreats to skybox to work on face)..... _____________________
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Dementia Obviate
Registered User
Join date: 29 Nov 2006
Posts: 218
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03-18-2008 05:20
I just want to thank Mari for the Mystitool Implant tip. I've had the mystitool for months, but I guess I never read all the notecards. I had been wearing a two prim face light at all times because of the whole ugly shadow thing (sunset is the only flattering time of day as far as I'm concerned), but last night I took it off and tried the mystitool implant at its default setting and to me, its just enough to chase those rough shadows away without completely illuminating the face. Thanks Mari
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Deira Llanfair
Deira to rhyme with Myra
Join date: 16 Oct 2006
Posts: 2,315
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03-18-2008 05:32
I got some free, low light, toned down, face lights from Cala - they seem to have just the right level to improve things without lighting up the entire room. Other ones I've found are very much OTT!
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Marianne McCann
Feted Inner Child
Join date: 23 Feb 2006
Posts: 7,145
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03-18-2008 07:09
I just want to thank Mari for the Mystitool Implant tip. I've had the mystitool for months, but I guess I never read all the notecards. I had been wearing a two prim face light at all times because of the whole ugly shadow thing (sunset is the only flattering time of day as far as I'm concerned), but last night I took it off and tried the mystitool implant at its default setting and to me, its just enough to chase those rough shadows away without completely illuminating the face. Thanks Mari Yer welcome! Mysti replaces soooo many extra things, an, I've found, often works better. For photos, I tend to go between an intensity of 0.5 to 1.0, depending on conditions. You can set that with the mysti with /1 light intensity X.X Mari _____________________
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Dylan Rickenbacker
Animator
Join date: 11 Oct 2006
Posts: 365
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03-18-2008 10:32
I just published a blog entry about facelights and all the things that can go wrong with them. Have a look:
http://drickenbacker.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/face-the-light/ |
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Bree Giffen
♥♣♦♠ Furrtune Hunter ♠♦♣♥
Join date: 22 Jun 2006
Posts: 2,715
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03-18-2008 11:15
I can see a lot of people are fond of their lights. I just made one for myself that I can actually use. How's this one?
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Isabeau Imako
P'tite Poulette
Join date: 13 Sep 2007
Posts: 2,335
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03-18-2008 11:18
I can see a lot of people are fond of their lights. I just made one for myself that I can actually use. How's this one? Hahaha I love it! Did you just make that? You should sell it and make it copy/trans so people can pass it along.. _____________________
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Marianne McCann
Feted Inner Child
Join date: 23 Feb 2006
Posts: 7,145
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03-18-2008 11:49
Hahaha I love it! Did you just make that? You should sell it and make it copy/trans so people can pass it along.. Seeeriously! Dat's great! _____________________
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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03-18-2008 11:53
I can see a lot of people are fond of their lights. I just made one for myself that I can actually use. How's this one? _____________________
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Kathy Morellet
Registered User
Join date: 26 Jul 2006
Posts: 809
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03-18-2008 11:58
I think Bree just stole thread winner status away from Nika.
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Sally Silvera
live music maniac
Join date: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,325
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03-18-2008 13:19
Seriously, though. As I said in my previous post, I need to be able to take photos on the fly - don't have time to dig out lighting. And I do like the way my face looks with face lighting. But I don't want to have a huge glowing radius all around me. So can anyone recommend a simple face light that will allow for flattering lighting on my face for photos, and even just when people look at me (yes, I'm vain!), that doesn't light up the night? Thanks, I'd second Marianne on the Mystitool one. It's easy to adjust, switch on and off etc. I take lots of pics and although I'm usually not in them myself, for those occasions when I am I like it coz it helps me not look like a corps. _____________________
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Frank Skosh
Registered User
Join date: 2 Mar 2007
Posts: 16
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03-18-2008 21:08
and then there's that one light maker who uses *7* facelihts....
the viewer can't even render 7!!!!! |
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
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03-18-2008 21:15
Next time I go to the hangout I'm wearing 436 face lights just for the benefit of all you haters
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
Posts: 2,855
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03-18-2008 21:18
Next time I go to the hangout I'm wearing 436 face lights just for the benefit of all you haters /me gets the sunscreen stand set up the night before......250l a bottle! _____________________
There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Ann Launay
Neko-licious™
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 7,893
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03-18-2008 21:21
Next time I go to the hangout I'm wearing 436 face lights just for the benefit of all you haters Don't make them phantom. _____________________
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Colette Meiji
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Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
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03-18-2008 21:23
Don't make them phantom. I want even my toenails to shine! |
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Cristalle Karami
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Join date: 4 Dec 2006
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03-18-2008 23:59
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Ace Albion
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Join date: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 866
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03-19-2008 03:29
I remember when we didn't need facelights.
Then someone decided to make lighting more "realistic" without realizing just how much light is normally reflected off the ground and other flat surfaces in the real world. If they could just reduce the dynamic range of light effect on avatar meshes during "daylight" hours that might help, or have it change with sun position, like a reference table. So under moonlight, you get the current overbaked shadows, under direct sunlight, a more subtle darkening of tone, with a sliding scale between. _____________________
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Day Oh
Registered User
Join date: 3 Feb 2007
Posts: 1,257
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03-19-2008 05:44
If we had some special light sources to light our avatars without having to light the surrounding environment, it seems like it'd be popular. Hell, it seems like we should even be able to bake them in somehow.
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
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03-19-2008 05:55
I remember when we didn't need facelights. Then someone decided to make lighting more "realistic" without realizing just how much light is normally reflected off the ground and other flat surfaces in the real world. If they could just reduce the dynamic range of light effect on avatar meshes during "daylight" hours that might help, or have it change with sun position, like a reference table. So under moonlight, you get the current overbaked shadows, under direct sunlight, a more subtle darkening of tone, with a sliding scale between. Good point. Of course no one wants to admit that. Of course most of these people weren't around then. |
