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is there a best way to get this lighting effect?

DrekkanDrekkan Posts: 460
edited November 2015 in The Commons

I am trying to do a red hue type atmosphere like in the image here from a movie pictured. What do you think would be the best method of obtaining this red hue type effect?

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  • fred9803fred9803 Posts: 1,565

    That's easy. Just postwork it. Occam's razor.

  • DrekkanDrekkan Posts: 460
    edited November 2015
    ashley9803 said:

    That's easy. Just postwork it. Occam's razor.

    Well is there a way to do it just in daz? and what is Occam's razor?!?! what does a razor have to do with this?

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  • Design Anvil - Razor42Design Anvil - Razor42 Posts: 1,249
    edited November 2015

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor

    In short "Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected."

    In this context he means maybe the easiest way is the best. Whic h may be just post working it in.

    You could also play around with a few dark red lights and see if that gives you the look your after in DS.

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  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,484

    Occam's Razor is a line of reasoning that says the simplest answer is often correct.  It's become a saying.

  • jag11jag11 Posts: 885
    Drekkan said:

    I am trying to do a red hue type atmosphere like in the image here from a movie pictured. What do you think would be the best method of obtaining this red hue type effect?

    Just place the camera inside a red tinted glass volume.

    red tinted glass vol.png
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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    you could tint the light reddish. the diffuse color for the light properties.  

    works great with advanced ambient if you haz the aoa advanced camera.

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,273

    if you do it in post you have FAR more options available to you.

    it was likely done in post for the screen cap in the OP.

  • nDelphinDelphi Posts: 1,921
    StratDragon said:

    if you do it in post you have FAR more options available to you.

    it was likely done in post for the screen cap in the OP.

    Yup, like getting the dark areas darker. Something you might have issues with the camera/volume method.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085
    edited November 2015

    I was going to suggest buying a lot of cheap sunglasses with red lenses and giving them out to anyone who wishes to view the image... But after reading the other posts, I suppose that is not the simplest solution...  Stupid Occam and his shaving kit.

    Is there there a reason you can not do it in postwork? Like is it for a contest or a client's request?  If you don't have Photoshop, there are several alternatives, the best of which would be GIMP... Or if you want to try it, download the full demo of Filter Forge (available at their site)...(as of yesterday there was still an 80% off sale too)... there are a few filters that could probably match that effect... Looking at it there appears to be some blur effect going in addition to the red hue... There are a lot of cool photo effects in FF, you should check out the filter library.

     

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  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,273

    if you have a Mac you can also check out Affinity.

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/

    it's not free ($49.99) but it's been getting some interesting reviews. 

    no PC version yet.

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,048

    Render normally with a strong key light.  Take into photo program,  dull the colors to something close to grayscale,  add a layer,  tint it red,  set to multiply,  and adjust opacity to suit.  You can also try overlay

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    this is with ambient tinted red 85% bright.

    and a red tinted plane at 99.9 transparency between camera and subjects. 

     

    tint red.png
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    scap ambient red.JPG
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    scap tinted plane 99,9.JPG
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  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631

    dont forget the dephts of field camera and the motion blur

  • Ken OBanionKen OBanion Posts: 1,455
    Design Anvil - Razor42 said:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor

    In short "Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected."

    In this context he means maybe the easiest way is the best. Whic h may be just post working it in.

    I learned it as: "All other factors being equal, the simplest explanation is generally the correct one."

    In other words, "Never ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity." (Heinlein, of course)

  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631

    easy is not the same for everyone

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,082
    Ken OBanion said:
    Design Anvil - Razor42 said:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor

    In short "Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected."

    In this context he means maybe the easiest way is the best. Whic h may be just post working it in.

    I learned it as: "All other factors being equal, the simplest explanation is generally the correct one."

    In other words, "Never ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity." (Heinlein, of course)

    I think the original is, in Latin, something like "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity" - which is how science works, don't introduce new forces/particles/beings unless you absolutely cannot explain thinmgs without them. It carries its own definition of what simplicity is in looking for the "simplest explanation".

  • DrekkanDrekkan Posts: 460

    Thanks people I will find the best way. All the input is good.

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