General light settings before rendering?

[Anonymous]

Hello.

I have used ArchiCAD 10 for about 6 months, and as I get better at it, I have higher expectations to my renderings.

Is there any general light settings you should have before rendering? Now I haven't changed anything with regards to ambient, camera or sun, and I think that my rendered images are a bit bright, almost over exposed.

How many % should my ambient be at? I have changed the color to yellowish.

I have the light at yellowish, warm color, and not at full light intensity.

Should the camera-light-thingy be on or off?

Thank you for your time!

[Anonymous]

Okey... I KNOW that it's too dark in the ceiling by the spot-lights, I just haven't had the time to try the "glow"-thing yet.. So there will be more lights there...

Otherwise?!

[Dwight]

There's sill too much light energy in the scene, but the color is vastly improved thanks to the yellow walls. But overall it is too white - you'll get more drama if you add more color to the lights.

I would also be trying for less light falling on the ceiling.

Another trick is to make murky surfaces like the ceiling tile appear to glow using the Pipeline Class Shader.