Golden Hour
Low-angle warm light near sunrise or sunset can emphasize direction, long shadows and texture.
Prompt
Use Golden Hour lighting: low-angle warm sunlight from the side-back creates a long ground shadow and reveals the character’s existing surface texture. Retain the original material colors and the sky’s color variation. Lock every existing cloud outline and position exactly as in the selected baseline image: change only the illumination and color of the existing sky and clouds. Do not paint, add, remove, stretch or reshape any cloud or sky feature. Keep the sun outside the frame.
Text: fuse technique research · Examples: imagery generated in-house at fuse (Characters: Ruk · Setting: Mediterranean courtyard)
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Effect comparison
The baseline image shows Ruk in a daytime courtyard with relatively neutral colors on the ground. Golden-hour lighting bathes the existing courtyard in low-angle warmth, makes the figure's lit side more golden and noticeably lengthens the cast shadow on the paving. The warm colors and long shadows suggest the day drawing to a close while emphasizing the texture of the stone ground and walls.
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