This is a three part update in its own right so initially it was going to be an update with the three scenes an in one, big page. I realized doing that only impressed myself and I should just post the individual scenes today, tomorrow, and Monday. I've used the technique before for the light through the curtains but I still dig it. I take the shape of the glass and fill it on a layer above the drapes, blur it a bit, and set it to screen or add... and boom instant light through a window.