If you??™re using this object as a reflection element (which you are), you
should place the object in such a way that it reflects well in the teacup. To see how
it looks, press F9 to render the current frame to see how your scene is looking.
Note
21. After the render appears, you??™ll see a better lit scene than when you started
(Figure 4.19). Note that Render Display is set to Image Viewer from the Render
Options panel on the Render tab. You can load the Teacup_Lit scene from this
book??™s DVD (in the ???Projects\Scenes\Ch4\??? directory) to see everything to this point.
Figure 4.19 A quick frame render shows how the lighting setup works.
You can quickly choose different lights in the Light Properties panel by clicking the
small drop-down arrow to the right of the Current Light drop-down list.
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Now that you have some basic lighting set up, you need to create some drama and depth.You
have a set and lights, but no textures, and thus no life. Exercise 4.3 shows you how to adjust
your lighting situation using ambient light and textures to enhance the lighting environment.
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