[scaryfairy2001]

Hi im using maxwell render studio and when importing any of the standard lights they are rendering black as if they are off or inactive

can any one help me with this?

i have had the lights rendering emitting light but i dont know what changed to allow them to render as emitters


any help would great thanks!

[Mihai]

It may be the emitters are too weak, your scene scale might be off etc...Could you upload a simple scene somewhere, or post some screenshots of the emitters in the scene?

[scaryfairy2001]

Thankyou!

I tried scaling down the scene to match the size of the lights better instead of scaling up the lights a huge amount and it seems to be re emitting!

[Fernando Tella]

Scale is greatly important in Maxwell. You should try to make models to real scale. Emitter power distributes over the surface of the emitter object so a 100W emitter won't be much noticeable applied to a 100mx100m plane but will be much more visible on a 1cmx1cm plane.
Scale is also important for light distribution and specially for transparent or translucent materials.