Turning on lighting.

[Bojoglobe]

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

[Puybaret]

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.

[Bojoglobe]

Thanks Emanuel,
Much appreciated, I'll check that.

Bob

[mazoola]

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

[mazaya]

I'll check that.