General lighting settings washing out textures in vectorworks (but renders fine in Enscape!)

[rmorris6]

Hi all,

 

Having an issue with lighting which I could do with some help on.  I have an older version of the file I'm working on as I re-started a new file and copied bits into a new file to try to fix a wall problem.  But I notice that in the old file the general lighting settings are much better and finishes show just fine and this is un-affected by whether I turn point lights on or off. I'm attaching screenshots, one from the original file and one from the new one. Could it be a heliodon light issue? (I don't know much about this and can't find a heliodon light in the file but maybe it's hiding somewhere.   I can't think of anything I did differently but a fresh new file had bright lighting settings!

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[rmorris6]

Have just answered my own question by comparing both files Document Settings. Maybe this will help someone else with a similar issue - I had to tick 'limit Shaded Render mode to 8 lights' in the Document Settings>Display box to get the brightness to knock back to show finishes. 

 

[rmorris6]

I should also admit that this is probably not the most sensible way to deal with it and that I should sort out the number of lights which I have in the model - there are many because I struggle with getting a halo illumination effect with the linear light/object light tools, nor with the glow textures, so I draw many point lights in a row, and this makes it difficult to edit lights quickly.  So if anyone else is experiencing this the above is a short term solution.  If anyone has any ideas how to achieve the best halo illumination effect without using lots of point lights I'd be interested to know.  Thanks!

[Dave Donley]

Hello @rmorris6 I would recommend Glow textures for that, can work to simulate neon, or glowing screens.

 

[rmorris6]

On 9/5/2023 at 3:40 PM, Dave Donley said:

Hello @rmorris6 I would recommend Glow textures for that, can work to simulate neon, or glowing screens.

 

 

Thanks Dave,  I'll play around more with the glow textures, finding that adjusting the settings in Enscape for renders works well with these.