IFTHIKHAR ABDUL NASSER EXPLAINS HOW HE TURNED DAY INTO NIGHT WITH PHOTOSHOP
THE FIREFLY COTTAGE BY IFTHIKHAR ABDUL NASSER
“I once had a dream of millions of fireflies or
lightning-bugs, lighting up all around my house,”
says Nasser. “I fancied them to be stars that took
life and came down from the skies spreading all
around my home. Here I tried to re-create the
same dream in 3D and Photoshop.” As a
challenge to polish his Photoshop skills, he
rendered a day scene in 3ds Max and then
converted it to night within Photoshop. For
lighting, he uses different brushes, mostly default
and some custom ones of his own making.His lighting workflow depends “on ‘render
elements’ (like lighting pass, ID pass, reflection/
refration pass) that are generated along with the
main render for effectively controlling various
aspects like controlling lighting in the renders,
including independent light contribution from each
light source (specifically in interiors), global
illumination in the scene, reflection and refraction
on glass elements, shadow passes allow fine
shadow control, using the various overlay options
in Photoshop.” Photoshop allowed him to selectthe individual objects in the render easily, and it
could work on them individually to enhance the
whole scene.
Nasser also textures and creates environments
in Photoshop, but setting himself the challenge of
turning day into night using only Photoshop shows
how powerful it can be. He says he uses the
program to “create that extra fine lighting for my
render, which gives the final touch or sometimes
making up for even serious errors made if any in
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