[Maxer]

Ok, got it.

[Maxer]

As far as the maxwell viewer is concerned when you are making MXI images what am I looking for when I'm adjusting the image?

[philipbruton]

Well the mxi viewer tends to reduce the overall brightness.
I would increase the intensity slightly and use the wattage in the emitter shader to control how much the image effects your scene.

[Maxer]

so I should try and make it look like the origional image in the viewer, because your right it's definatley darker.

[philipbruton]

I would.

[philipbruton]

Yes that has been explained,

"Emitter "-> "Mxi texute ( as emitter map )" -> ".mxi file ( as texture map )"

[Maxer]

I wound up just enabling the sky dome in the environment channel.