Chris Gentry Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Not sure what I did here. Working on the theatre in the Getting Started - Spotlight tutorial. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Mark Mullany Posted July 17, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 17, 2012 I've not done the tutorial but it looks as though there is not enough light in your scene. Try using Renderworks Realistic Ext Fast or one of the other presets and see if the image improves. I think it probably has to do with light bouncing but i'm guessing you havent got that far, the presets have bouncing in already set up. Lighting is great fun once you get going! there are lots of other solutions you could try but i think this is the easiest, Best of luck! Quote Link to comment
Chris Gentry Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Mark, Thanks. That seems to have it looking a bit normal again. I assume then that once you start turning on lights, that changes how parts of the scene is rendered? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Mark Mullany Posted July 18, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 18, 2012 Yes you have this thing called ambient lighting but once you place a light this tends to be turned down or off all together depending on what you've set up,this is so you dont get 'Whiteout' where there is too much light in a scene and you cant see anything at all. placing a directional or point light that doesnt cast shadows can help brighten a scene up but do be aware that light just adds and adds and once you do add bouncing (which makes a scene much more realistic) you may encounter whiteout. Of course your Visualisation palette can always turn off individual lights thankfully! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Mark Mullany Posted July 18, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Again there are other ways it really depends what you want your outcome to be Have fun playing with it! its the best way to learn Edited July 18, 2012 by Mark DSS Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Place any lighting onto a separate layer. (call it "lighting") When you turn this layer off, you have the basic VW ambient lighting. Turn this layer on and select Fast Renderworks or better and the difference is amazing. Also remember that if you use textures, you can specify if individual objects cast or receive shadows. Sometimes I'll have a big ugly shadow and rather than play with lights, I'll just turn off the cast/receive shadow options for that texture. Quote Link to comment
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