sohn Posted August 1, 2012 Posted August 1, 2012 Hey all, this assignment is due to tomorrow (eleven hours from now) I am having serious issues rendering, day light works fine, but none of my spotlights work, I have searched and searched and still not figured out the issue. DEFAULTLIGHTING is set to please, anyone! DOWNLOAD MY DWG Quote
AONE_LED Posted 49 minutes ago Posted 49 minutes ago If spotlights show nothing in a render, check these. First, DEFAULTLIGHTING must be off (0) once you add your own lights; also set LIGHTINGUNITS to 2 so you get photometric lights, and check the units in INSUNITS match your drawing. Second, spotlight intensity is often too low for the scale of the scene: in the Properties palette raise the intensity (or lamp flux) and check the hotspot and falloff angles, since a narrow cone can miss the surface. Third, make sure the spotlight's target points at the geometry and is not behind a surface. Finally, check the light is On and its layer is not frozen, and in the render settings use at least medium quality, with exposure adjusted, because a photometric scene can render dark at default exposure. Quote
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