- Mon May 07, 2007 5:08 pm
#223850
For a "fast test" of MR lights, you can do this:
1.) Select an "area light": I used this because it's the most physically correct light in LW, plus it looks like a plane.
2.) Reset its "Move" to 0,0,0. Reset "Rotate" to 0 as well.
3.) Load your emitter object. I used a plane. Make sure that when you created its center is at 0,0,0.
4.) Parent the plane to the area light. Size the emitter to the same size as the LW area light. I do this for consistancy.
5.) Move the LW area light to wherever you want it. The MR emitter goes with it. Resize the area light, the plane changes as well.
6.) Make sure you have render shadows on and do a test. The LW render goes very fast (relatively speaking). You can see what the area light is doing.
7.) Render using MR. Though the camera settings are different (as are the applied materials, etc.) you can see how the lights are working. If you keep all the LW materials set to a simple diffuse, it renders fast. Of course these have no impact on the MR materials...
Here's the result of (literally) a 5 minute test:
Lightwave 3D
Maxwell:
For me, this is a lot of help...
1.) Select an "area light": I used this because it's the most physically correct light in LW, plus it looks like a plane.
2.) Reset its "Move" to 0,0,0. Reset "Rotate" to 0 as well.
3.) Load your emitter object. I used a plane. Make sure that when you created its center is at 0,0,0.
4.) Parent the plane to the area light. Size the emitter to the same size as the LW area light. I do this for consistancy.
5.) Move the LW area light to wherever you want it. The MR emitter goes with it. Resize the area light, the plane changes as well.
6.) Make sure you have render shadows on and do a test. The LW render goes very fast (relatively speaking). You can see what the area light is doing.
7.) Render using MR. Though the camera settings are different (as are the applied materials, etc.) you can see how the lights are working. If you keep all the LW materials set to a simple diffuse, it renders fast. Of course these have no impact on the MR materials...
Here's the result of (literally) a 5 minute test:
Lightwave 3D
Maxwell:
For me, this is a lot of help...
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