Help please - Interior and Exterior Light Setup in one?

[ness_andrew]

I am trying to successfully light an interior and exterior shot in one. The trick is that I need to get the nice effect of light coming into the windows and making a nice gradient effect on the ceiling. I guess usually I put a vray light at each window, but that really only works on views that are interior only. I have also tried using the vray light dome, but when I make this bright enough for the interior, it makes the exterior too bright. Any suggestions for a setup? The only way that works for me is to just use a direct sun light and lights on the inside with skylight, but it doesn't show a nice effect of light entering the windows.
Thanks
Andrew Ness





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[mike.edel]

hi,

the color mapping in max is animatable
in the real world, you wouldnt expect to have similar exposures inside and outside of the room - why should it work in your scene?

(try to shoot a properly exposed image indoor and use the same settings outdoor to see what i mean...)

some time ago i did a test with animated color correction - this comes close to the auto exposure that video cameras do in these situations
try to get a good indoor lighting, and if you go outside, animate the color correction to account for the higher brightness

cya,

Mike

[paulison]

Wow cool tip. Im guessing this doesnt work in viz2005 though

[plastic_]

i'm doing it by using completely fake lighting. like pseudo-sunlight and indoor lighting simultaniously. i prefer it because i can do interiour and exteriour shots with the same settings and i also believe it has a more artistic edge than real exteriour lighting with the unavoidable, and most of the time ugly, black windows.
you can see some simple pre-viz pics on the website in my signature.

[mike.edel]

Wow cool tip. Im guessing this doesnt work in viz2005 though

no exposure control in viz2005?
thought it was based on max6?
or is it just static?