Problems with lights

trcsilva · April 20th, 2008

Hi there,

my question is about lights with the Maxwell render... does it have some special light I need to use?

I can explain: I am using a photometric IES sun to light my scene. However, since inside my model is too dark, I tried to put some standard omni lights (or other photometric lights) inside it, but maxwell does NOT use these new lights when calculating the scene illumination...

Anything I might be doing wrong?

Thx,

Tiago

Fran · April 21st, 2008

Hi Tiago,

Maxwell doesn't use any of the Max light objects or the standard Max sun/sky system. To create a light, assign an emitter material to a low-poly object such as a plane, a sphere or a box that will represent your luminaire. There are emitter material presets you can use to get started. Also, Maxwell has its own sun/sky system.

trcsilva · April 21st, 2008

Thanks a lot. I didn't know that.

April 20th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
trcsilva Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tokyo Posts: 16 Name: Tiago da Silva	Problems with lights Hi there, my question is about lights with the Maxwell render... does it have some special light I need to use? I can explain: I am using a photometric IES sun to light my scene. However, since inside my model is too dark, I tried to put some standard omni lights (or other photometric lights) inside it, but maxwell does NOT use these new lights when calculating the scene illumination... Anything I might be doing wrong? Thx, Tiago Last edited by trcsilva; April 20th, 2008 at 11:53 PM.

April 21st, 2008	#2 (permalink)
Fran Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 1,379 Name: Frances Gainer Davey	Re: Problems with lights Hi Tiago, Maxwell doesn't use any of the Max light objects or the standard Max sun/sky system. To create a light, assign an emitter material to a low-poly object such as a plane, a sphere or a box that will represent your luminaire. There are emitter material presets you can use to get started. Also, Maxwell has its own sun/sky system. __________________ - Fran If you must reinvent the wheel, remember that it works best if it is, like, roundish.

April 21st, 2008	#3 (permalink)
trcsilva Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tokyo Posts: 16 Name: Tiago da Silva	Re: Problems with lights Thanks a lot. I didn't know that.

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