PAGE TWO: LIGHTS 1, 2, AND 3
D. STEP FOUR: CHANGING LIGHTS 1, 2 AND 3
Now let's go back to that all important menu in the Camera/
Light Controls section.
You will see: Light-1, Light-2,
and Light-3. These are three *extra*
lights that you have the option of turning on. They are very important.
They will not only brighten up the stage, but add that much needed 3 dimensionality
to your sims. Selecting each light and clicking on "required* is what switches
each light on. The more lights you *turn on*, [by checking *required*]
the more brightly lit your sim; the less lights, the darker your sims will
be. And yes, you can change each light's color in the same way you do for
"Ambient."
Now look what happens to Mark when I decide to choose "light-1"
[by checking "required"] and pick a light blue color.
 
As you can see, now my very dark blue sim has more light to him. What's
more, there is more dimension to him. Now let's see what happens to him
when I *switch on* Light-2 and make
the color a dark red:
 
Now Mark is brightly lit with colorful highlights! I chose the navy
blue and dark red colors for a specific reason. The light blue gives him
side lighting with pretty blue highlights, but the dark red makes him frontlit
with this nice pinkish light.
Let's check him out in more detail! =-)
I'm very happy the way our sim is right now and feel no need to turn
on "Light-3." He is very dimensional
at this stage, so there's no more need to add another light. If I did,
the lighting will not be as dramatic and colorful [see example]:
 This
was done with Light-3 added.
TAA-DAA! That's it! That's how you colorize your sims. Isn't it neat?
BUT WAIT-- THERE'S MORE!
I know that after all that you're probably excited to jump right in and
start playing around with SimPose. But wait, there's more! Let me show
you how to tweak the light settings to get even more dramatic lighting
out of this program!
PAGE THREE OF THE TUTORIAL: The
Sliders...
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