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Always looking to refine the way I light my paintings, I have recently been playing with other blend modes in Photoshop. My latest favourite is Linear Light. Copying a photo that I found, the lighting rig holds up well.

I look forward to trying it in other conditions to see it can help emulate different environments. The only down side that I have found is that the blend mode is slightly sensitive, so I am restricted to the middle of the grey range, giving me less values to work with.

In the image, you will see that I have kept my broad gradients separate from my details, even though they are both grey, and both Linear Light. I find it much easier to make corrections without destroying other details.

Keeping my lights separate, I always find it very easy to manipulate colours for more options along the way (all of the colours are on separate Solid Color layers)

I am interested if anyone out there has their own preferred rig, and what it is

Description

Always looking to refine the way I light my paintings, I have recently been playing with other blend modes in Photoshop. My latest favourite is Linear Light. Copying a photo that I found, the lighting rig holds up well.

I look forward to trying it in other conditions to see it can help emulate different environments. The only down side that I have found is that the blend mode is slightly sensitive, so I am restricted to the middle of the grey range, giving me less values to work with.

In the image, you will see that I have kept my broad gradients separate from my details, even though they are both grey, and both Linear Light. I find it much easier to make corrections without destroying other details.

Keeping my lights separate, I always find it very easy to manipulate colours for more options along the way (all of the colours are on separate Solid Color layers)

I am interested if anyone out there has their own preferred rig, and what it is