Lightning setup

[Tosk]

i have developed this "photo studio" to place objects to render.

5 area lights in a flipped U scheme plus a spot backlight.

the area lights have on their back a white poligon so something is reflected...

No radiosity was used for the 2 following images...
The area light quality is maximum, i plan to add some sort of flagging at the edges of the area lights due to noise it generates... (see the cube)

[Tosk]

some objects

[Tosk]

an icecream

[riki]

The white panels are coming up in your reflections.

[thekho]

How long it render?

[Tosk]

actually the panels are there to be seen in the reflections, this adds something on the reflecting surface. Probably it would be good to add details to the panels so it looks more like flash banks...
Also an area light without it would look fake.

don't remember the render times exactly... however it was less than an hour for the cube and something more for the icecream (more anti aliasing)