"Skye, could you please stop messing around and get in the box? I'm trying to adjust the lighting."<br /><br />"What's with this costume? And this isn't even one of the illusions we're working on!"<br /><br />"It's a test render for the lights. Skye, please. I've been at this all day, and just can't get them right."<br /><br />"Well, of course not- your spotlight's luminous flux is set way too low. You can light a living room with it, but not a full stage."<br /><br />"I should have known that. How can you tell?"<br /><br />"Because I'm staring right at it and not going blind. Plus, I've been running the light board, remember? I'm the one who programmed the last one not to overload the circuit breakers once you added that new spotlight. Look, grab your old theater textbook or head on over to Wikipedia and review three-point lighting and the McCandless Method of stage lighting while this thing renders, then let me get out and get some damn sleep already. After that, grab some more spotlights, bump up the lumens, and get Robyn or someone else to help you focus and adjust them. Call me back when you're done and maybe then I'll let you impale me."<br /><br /><br /><br />... I think I need more sleep. The assistants have started talking to <i>me</i> instead of the Magician. At least I'm making progress. Now that I think I've got the lights figured out, shouldn't be much longer before I'm in full render mode again. (Maybe I'll treat myself to some hair objects from the DAZ store to celebrate.)