Appreciation post: That one Reddit comment about lighting fixed my whole AI art workflow

Someone on r/aiArt told me to stop using pure white backgrounds and try a soft blue gradient instead. I thought they were wrong for months. Finally tried it last Sunday on a batch of 30 images and the depth of field looked way better. The shadows actually made sense. Anybody else get a random tip that turned out to be a game changer?

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derek_schmidt629d ago

MAN NO WAY you sat on that tip for MONTHS? @anna_fox7 I'm with you, I woulda been trying that same day. I remember someone told me to flip my scene angle by 15 degrees and I thought they were trolling me until I did it and my characters suddenly looked like they had actual weight. The soft blue gradient tip is one of those things that seems too simple to work but it's like magic once you try it.

anna_fox729d ago

HOLD ON. You sat on that tip for MONTHS before trying it? I woulda been testing that out within an hour tops. That soft blue gradient thing is CRAZY how much it changes everything. I remember when someone told me to lower the contrast on my lighting layers and I thought they were nuts, but once I did it the whole image just POPPED.