dshall Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Will somebody please teach me how to create a rendering of a night time shot of this plan before The Great Glenn Woodward makes me feel like a dweeb? It seems like with every new release, I need to learn the methods all over again. I have done what I perceive are some great night time (toggle sunlight off) renderings in the past, so I know it is possible. I am now working with X7 and I cannot do it. I have included the plan and 2 renderings. One rendering is daytime , the other night time. If I have no light, wouldn't I see only a black picture? BBB NO LIGHT TEST 1.plan.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Never mind, I figured it out. You can see by the pic on the right I have essentially no light on the front door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Good Topic Scott , sorry I can't really help but will follow along and learn too.... I think nighttime would be offset by you nighttime ambient lighting in the 3D view defaults though ? , not sure where I got my settings but they are 52,52 and 0% for the different lighting levels but think OOB is 31,36,18 ? approx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I would help ya, buddy, but I don't do night shots ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 The secret is an exterior black light source (or 2 or 3 or 4) and a zero exterior ambient light setting. And, a good, dark background. This is from the wayback machine. jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Nice shot Jon, might be your tip I have from another post to have night ambient at zero. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougMaddox Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Here's one I just did of a sunporch addition. Lots of interior lights and a few sconces and down spots on exterior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougMaddox Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 oops, no pix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 oops, no pix Can you eliminate any outdoor light so I do not see the green grass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Thanks Mick. I struggled with the mystery light CA adds to every 'room'. My eventual solution was to add a light source set to "All Floors, black color, 100w illumination, no shadows (as I wanted interior lights to cast very visible shadows). Place that light in each outside "room" and turn off the sun. The above image is the result. jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Thanks for the Tips Jon , added to my Raytrace Notes.... I need to watch what RT videos there are , as the lighting stuff and dealing with glass , like in a custom shower is truly hit and miss at the moment ,though it doesn't seem well documented. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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