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[leicagirl]

I've been playing around with a simple helix model and doing some lighting tests in Carrara 7 Pro Studio. Overly simple yes, but the little project will evolve. It was done to illustrate a simple lighting test on my 3d blog.

I got Carrara about a month ago and I'm finally able to sit down and play with it for a bit now. For 3D, probably the best dollar value out there programwise.

[Marcelo Teixeira]

Looks very good... talk about what light setup you used.

[leicagirl]

It's just two simple spots, one aimed at the front of the object in a pretty normal configuration, then a spot aimed down and behind onto a very dark blue surface with reflective qualities. Nothing special really. Full into and screenshot here

http://firelight3d.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/lighting-a-simple-model/

If you have any inkling at all about how to light an object in photography, for instance in a tabletop studio, the same or similar applies to most 3d programs.

[acharrisdesign]

have you tried indirect lighting? ive found that it dramatically increases the realism in renders (though at the cost of render time). i think it may help