Coruscant Night time WIP

I got the buildings from Sci-fi 3D and I added some highlight lighting and put them together, now I just have to put it on the surface... by the way, How can I add an image?

 

Ad an image tag, such as [ image = <linktomyimage> ]. <linktomyimage> = the link to your image (duh), and no spaces.

-Josh

 

I don't have it on a website, just on my computer.

 

Alright, then I refer you to the FAQ Thread. Scroll down to the last post on the page, it is by Iyidin_Kyeimo, read the post and follow the instructions.

-Olen

 

Ok I Tried that, and it said that the servers copy had no data and the upload failed so I don't know what to do, maybe the server on the website is down

 

Ok, email me your image, if there is more then one, put them in seperate emails. Make sure they are in jpeg format. My email address is jrs@gns2000.com

-Olen

 

I'm back and I have sent the pictures, but I need to add the lighting effects of the red glow near the ground, then add the dark blueish cloud backrounds, traffic, lens effects...

 

Ok, here is the pic:

[image=http://www.stromint.com/Images/Coruscantnighttime.JPG]

IMO it is too dark, what about stars?

-Olen

 

It is too dark I think. As for stars this whole planet is a city and with that much light pollution I doubt you could see any from rooftop level even at these hieghts. It definately needs background scaping as that will alter the way these foreground buildings are portraying their lights. My 2 cents.

 

But if darthviper made Coruscant this dark, then he should have added stars.

-Olen

 

Aparently, even Coruscant was knocked offline with their power too! hahahahaha
Where were you for the blackout of 2003?

 

On the other side of the country, the blackout didn't touch me.

-Olen

 

I was there and I was just about to get the forum and rock cyberspace like a hurricane. I laid my hand on the mouse and BAM! Lightsout. But this is way OT so yea that Coruscant is way too dark.

 

Coruscant is basically the city that never sleeps. So the ambient light from millions of buildings would probably leave the night sky washed out with light.

 

Agreed with all above.

I've provided a link to some screenshots available at TFN. Check them out for reference:

TFN Multimedia

 

Well,I still have a lotto do,like adding the blue ambient lighting that I noticed in the speeder chase. And I need a good backround.But it's against a black backround so that is why it's so dark. plus if you look at the movie,you can't see any stars,just the dark blueness of night and clouds.

 

Ya, but like I pointed out in my previous post, you could easily see stars in a city that dark.

-Olen

 

Yeah, but it's not going to be that dark, cause I still have to add omni lighting, I'm trying to make it look like it did in the speeder chase so I have a lot to do. by the way, the buildings in that picture were done by Maxer, I just added all of the highlight lighting for nighttime.

 

Well, after you render your next shot, email me the jpeg.

-Olen

 

Ok, here is the next pic, it looks better, but still kinda dark.

[image=http://www.stromint.com/Images/Coruscantnighttimeomni.jpg]

-Olen

 

I think the last pic here looks pretty good. Once you get the ambient glow from everything going on beneath it'll give the lighting a boost. It's hard to give an accurate view as all the total environment isn't in place to add it's lights, glows, reflections etc.

 

Yeah...

 

It'll look better once the traffic, landing platforms and sky backround is added. But I'm working on the backround now and I guess it looks Ok, but it'll look better with the surface and everything else.

 

Hey what types of lights are you using because im trying to get the exact same lighting setup.

 

On the buildings, I'm using free spots, and for the blur I just made an omni. This is all in Max 4.2.