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Thanks LL! WindLight Makes Photography Easier (with Pics) |
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MadamG Zagato
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Join date: 17 Sep 2005
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05-29-2007 14:42
Wow! Less time in Photoshop! Below you will find unedited photos taken using the Presets in the WindLight Settings of the new FirstLook Viewer.
If you are into SL Photography, this will make your day and night. Use the presets just as you would camera filters or Photoshop filters. They do however add multiple layers that PS and camera filters cannot add such as the clouds and sky hues. Those would normally have to be done manually or by painting and using various brushes. The pictures speak for themselves. Purple (My Favorite)   Pirate  Night  Funky Funky  |
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MadamG Zagato
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Join date: 17 Sep 2005
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05-29-2007 14:44
Funky Funky FUNKY!
 Foggy  Desert Sun  Coastal Sunset  |
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MadamG Zagato
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Join date: 17 Sep 2005
Posts: 1,402
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05-29-2007 14:44
Coastal Afternoon
 BlueMidday  Blizzard  Barcelona  |
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MadamG Zagato
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Join date: 17 Sep 2005
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05-29-2007 14:44
Several Midday Settings
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Rik Zwiers
Registered User
Join date: 29 Dec 2006
Posts: 23
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Windlight problems
05-29-2007 15:18
To be fair to this new feature I haven't had time yet to play around with all the settings, but at first glance it seems a bit of a let down. Ok, the cloud textures are more realistic, but from what I've seen the whole image is on a single flat plane at about 650 m - so have we lost those boiling low altitude clouds that could add so much atmosphere to a location? This is sad if we have, because I liked to use that feature in SL movie making.
Another thing I noticed is that default settings give a very harsh light, and at (forced) night the subtle lighting effects from lamps and fires seem to be subdued - along with some texture colours looking a bit washed out. I have an nvidea GeForce 8800 graphics card so don't think my PC is at fault. Hopefully the new look will be improved, or I'll find that I can tweak the settings to suit me, though I run an art gallery in SL : and if the default viewer settings don't deliver the goods for most people then I'm probably wasting my time. One last problem .. with the old viewer I could get rid of that annoying hard line between the ground and horizon by going Client > Rendering > Types > Ground .. which smoothed the boundary out nicely in sunset & sunrise snapshots. Unfortunately this doesn't seem possible with the Windlight viewer. |
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Lucian Holt
Registered User
Join date: 27 May 2007
Posts: 1
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05-29-2007 15:33
its really cool and no lag at all Yay
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Hevan Lament
Registered User
Join date: 27 Apr 2004
Posts: 21
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05-29-2007 15:37
This time i say its a good thing lol started to play with setting and take some pics.. i really love the view and the light.
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/3672/hevanlgv0.jpg http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5794/hevanl2oj9.jpg |
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MadamG Zagato
means business
Join date: 17 Sep 2005
Posts: 1,402
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05-29-2007 16:45
To be fair to this new feature I haven't had time yet to play around with all the settings, but at first glance it seems a bit of a let down. Ok, the cloud textures are more realistic, but from what I've seen the whole image is on a single flat plane at about 650 m - so have we lost those boiling low altitude clouds that could add so much atmosphere to a location? This is sad if we have, because I liked to use that feature in SL movie making. Another thing I noticed is that default settings give a very harsh light, and at (forced) night the subtle lighting effects from lamps and fires seem to be subdued - along with some texture colours looking a bit washed out. I have an nvidea GeForce 8800 graphics card so don't think my PC is at fault. Hopefully the new look will be improved, or I'll find that I can tweak the settings to suit me, though I run an art gallery in SL : and if the default viewer settings don't deliver the goods for most people then I'm probably wasting my time. One last problem .. with the old viewer I could get rid of that annoying hard line between the ground and horizon by going Client > Rendering > Types > Ground .. which smoothed the boundary out nicely in sunset & sunrise snapshots. Unfortunately this doesn't seem possible with the Windlight viewer. ok |
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Wrom Morrison
Validated User
Join date: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 462
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05-29-2007 19:16
Wow! Less time in Photoshop! Below you will find unedited photos taken using the Presets in the WindLight Settings of the new FirstLook Viewer. If you are into SL Photography, this will make your day and night. Use the presets just as you would camera filters or Photoshop filters. They do however add multiple layers that PS and camera filters cannot add such as the clouds and sky hues. Those would normally have to be done manually or by painting and using various brushes. The pictures speak for themselves. Hi, This is not how WindLight looks, you too have the cloud bug that's not letting you see clouds? If your using Nvidia suggest revert back to 93.71 WHQL driver. Eg:  _____________________
Content creators, please check this feature proposal. The aim of this proposal is to end re-sale rip-offs. (Also benefits freebie makers).
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Meni Kaiousei
knowledgebase junkie
Join date: 6 Nov 2006
Posts: 162
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05-30-2007 01:01
Brilliant MadamG
I already anticipate that you will release an outdoor N30 camera, if the sky settings can be scripted. M. |
