/ 2026-06-16T20:25:45+00:00 / /lib/tpl/dazdoccenter/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-07-08T17:36:33+00:00 /public/read_me/index/82434/file_list <h1 id="file_list">File List</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> Below is a list of files provided by the <a href="/public/read_me/index/82434/start" class="wikilink1" title="public:read_me:index:82434:start">Lighting Up the Night: Special Lighting for Dark Scenes</a> product. </p> <p> <h2 id="core">Core</h2> <div class="level2"> </div> <!-- EDIT1 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_START "public:read_me:index:82434:file_list_core" [0-] --><div class="plugin_include_content plugin_include__public:read_me:index:82434:file_list_core"> <div class="level2"> <p> <h2 id="lighting_up_the_nightspecial_lighting_for_dark_scenes">Lighting Up the Night: Special Lighting for Dark Scenes</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1 node"><div class="li"> <strong>Content :</strong></div> <ul> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/Lighting Up the Night Special Lighting for Dark Scenes/LightUpTheNight-Searchable-Video-Access.pdf</div> </li> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/Lighting Up the Night Special Lighting for Dark Scenes/LightupTheNight.mp4</div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </p> </div> <!-- EDIT3 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_EDITBTN "public:read_me:index:82434:file_list_core" [0-] --><!-- EDIT2 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_END "public:read_me:index:82434:file_list_core" [0-] --></div> <div class="level2"> </div> </p> </div> text/html 2021-07-08T17:36:43+00:00 /public/read_me/index/82434/file_list_core <h1 id="core">Core</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> <h2 id="lighting_up_the_nightspecial_lighting_for_dark_scenes">Lighting Up the Night: Special Lighting for Dark Scenes</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1 node"><div class="li"> <strong>Content :</strong></div> <ul> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/Lighting Up the Night Special Lighting for Dark Scenes/LightUpTheNight-Searchable-Video-Access.pdf</div> </li> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/Lighting Up the Night Special Lighting for Dark Scenes/LightupTheNight.mp4</div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </p> </div> text/html 2021-07-08T17:36:15+00:00 /public/read_me/index/82434/start <h1 id="lighting_up_the_nightspecial_lighting_for_dark_scenes">Lighting Up the Night: Special Lighting for Dark Scenes</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> <a href="/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=e9a03f&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fgcdn.daz3d.com%2Fp%2F82434%2Fi%2Flightingupthenightspeciallightingfordarkscenes00thumbdaz3d.jpg" class="media" target="_blank" title="https://gcdn.daz3d.com/p/82434/i/lightingupthenightspeciallightingfordarkscenes00thumbdaz3d.jpg" rel="noopener"><img src="/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=650&amp;tok=487445&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fgcdn.daz3d.com%2Fp%2F82434%2Fi%2Flightingupthenightspeciallightingfordarkscenes00thumbdaz3d.jpg" class="media" title="Click for original" alt="Click for original" width="500" height="650" /></a> </p> <div class="table sectionedit1"><table class="inline" style="min-width: 0px; width: 500px;"> <col style="width: 150px" /> <tr class="row0"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Product Name: </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> <a href="https://www.daz3d.com/lighting-up-the-night-special-lighting-for-dark-scenes" class="urlextern" target="_blank" title="https://www.daz3d.com/lighting-up-the-night-special-lighting-for-dark-scenes" rel="nofollow noopener">Lighting Up the Night: Special Lighting for Dark Scenes</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="row1"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Product ID: </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> 82434 </td> </tr> <tr class="row2"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Published Artist(s): </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> <a href="https://www.daz3d.com/digital-art-live/" class="urlextern" target="_blank" title="https://www.daz3d.com/digital-art-live/" rel="nofollow noopener">Digital Art Live</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="row3"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Created By: </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> N/A </td> </tr> <tr class="row4"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Release Date: </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> 2021-07-26 </td> </tr> </table></div> <!-- EDIT1 TABLE [149-480] --> <h2 id="product_information">Product Information</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Required Products: <em>None</em><br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> In this community workshop, we specifically looked at dark, grungy, nighttime, and low-level light scenes and how to improve lighting in these conditions. </p> <p> It is challenging to render low-level light scenes with Iray in Daz Studio. Images tend to be grainy, and that is because the Iray render engine works much like a real camera, mimicking the real physics of light. For the same reason, it is difficult to shoot photos or a movie scene in very low light; the camera just isn&#039;t as sensitive as the human eye. </p> <p> This community-based tutorial looked at a range of ideas, example artwork, best practices, and a few recommended products </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Looking at low-level light scenes in terms of luminance watts </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Use of ghost lights and creating your own ghost lights </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Using differently shaped primitives for ghost lights </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> How to use HDRI backgrounds to light your night scenes </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> The quick and dirty method to adding an emissive light to a prop </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> How to use postwork to improve on low-level light renders </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Looking at a dim underwater scene </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Is filament good to use for dark scenes? </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> A monitor in a dark room: how to improve lighting in this situation </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Horror scenes </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Tomb Raider stylized scenes </div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Some recommended products for low-level light scenes </div> </li> </ul> <p> About Digital Art Live: We&#039;ve been connecting, educating, and inspiring digital artists in our weekly live webinars since 2013. Look out for our live events in our DigitalArtLive.Studio forum. </p> </div> <h2 id="product_notes">Product Notes</h2> <div class="level2"> </div> <h3 id="installation_packages">Installation Packages</h3> <div class="level3"> <p> Below is a list of the installation package types provided by this product. The name of each package contains a <a href="/public/software/install_manager/referenceguide/terms/package_qualifier/start" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:install_manager:referenceguide:terms:package_qualifier:start">Package Qualifier</a>, which is used as a key to indicate something about the contents of that package. </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> 1 Core</div> </li> </ul> <p> <em>[ ] = Optional, depending on target application(s)</em> </p> <p> Not all installation packages provide files that are displayed to the user within the interface of an application. The packages listed below, do. The application(s), and the location(s) within each application, are shown below. </p> </div> <h3 id="additional_details">Additional Details</h3> <div class="level3"> <p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <a href="/public/read_me/index/82434/file_list" class="wikilink1" title="public:read_me:index:82434:file_list">File List</a></div> </li> </ul> </p> </div> <h3 id="resolved_issues">Resolved Issues</h3> <div class="level3"> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <em>None</em></div> </li> </ul> </div> <h3 id="known_issues">Known Issues</h3> <div class="level3"> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <em>None</em></div> </li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="support">Support</h2> <div class="level2"> </div> <!-- EDIT2 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_START "public:read_me:index:start" [0-] --><div class="plugin_include_content plugin_include__public:read_me:index:start"> <div class="level2"> <p> Visit our site for <a href="http://www.daz3d.com/shop/help/help-contact-us" class="urlextern" target="_blank" title="http://www.daz3d.com/shop/help/help-contact-us" rel="nofollow noopener">technical support</a> questions or concerns. </p> </div> <!-- EDIT3 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_END "public:read_me:index:start" [0-] --></div> <div class="level2"> </div> </p> </div>