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Posted by Bojoglobe at May 24, 2015, 9:02:55 AM
Turning on lighting.
HI all,

Great program, thanks to the developers. If you could help, I'm a newbe and can't make the lights "work", I can't find a way to make it appear they are working or showing any glow.
I have done a lot of searching but can't find a direct answer.

I'd appreciate some direction please.

Thanks

Bob

Posted by Puybaret at May 25, 2015, 9:41:24 AM
Re: Turning on lighting.
Until now, lights never glow in the 3D view and you can see their effect only in the photo creation tool when you choose one of the 2 best qualities.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by Bojoglobe at May 25, 2015, 10:51:30 AM
Re: Turning on lighting.
Thanks Emanuel,
Much appreciated, I'll check that.

Bob

Posted by mazoola at May 25, 2015, 11:09:44 AM
Re: Turning on lighting.
Bob -

As someone currently stuck using an underpowered, backup PC, I usually run a quick 'lighting check' run at low resolution (200 to 300 pixels wide) and level 3 quality; that's usually enough to sanity-check most lighting options. (IIRC, only a few, higher-level ray-tracing features [reflection, refraction] show up only at level 4.) Once I've adjusted lighting to eliminate burnout and shaded areas, I render at full size and level 4.

Maz

Posted by mazaya at May 30, 2015, 9:17:19 AM
Re: Turning on lighting.
I'll check that.