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Use lighting and shadows for better perception of scene structure

Open blairmacintyre opened this issue 7 years ago • 2 comments

The current default flat rendering style, with fixed lights, makes it very difficult to see what's happening in the scene.

It would be great to add two things:

  • shadows. If the scene threw shadows it would be much easier to understand.
  • extra lights. We could do one or more of the following: light attached to head (headlight), light attach to controller (flashlight) or a movable light the user can reposition in the scene (lamp). Each has an advantage, but with or without shadows, they would help make the scene clearer.

blairmacintyre avatar May 13 '17 15:05 blairmacintyre

Just made the simplest of brush to add extra lights http://vatelier.net/MyDemo/apainter-amaze2017/a-painter-amaze/src/brushes/light.js and even though it "works" I find it difficult to judge. Without #73 or being able to move it after adding it it's a bit tricky.

Utopiah avatar Jun 17 '17 09:06 Utopiah

Also for shadows #14 ;)

Utopiah avatar Jun 17 '17 09:06 Utopiah