Author Topic: Balancing Interior and Exterior Lighting when using Radiosity  (Read 560 times)

Allan Chesney

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If you have images that include sun coming in through windows but are also using a large number of interior lights, you may find the interior lights have to be reduced considerably in brightness.

The images below show the effect I found using 20 lights.  This may be different if you are only using one or two.

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Allan Chesney,
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Re: Balancing Interior and Exterior Lighting when using Radiosity
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2007, 11:06:53 am »
Alan,

You mentioned turning down the light to 5% of original setting.  How did you do that?  I only see the properties setting for lights which allows you to substitute it for another of a different power.  Am I missing something?

MCP

Edit:  I think I found whrere to set the intensity of the lights.  Could they bury it any deeper?

MCP
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Allan Chesney

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Re: Balancing Interior and Exterior Lighting when using Radiosity
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2007, 04:02:26 am »
Mike,

Yes they could - thankfully they didn't!  Try finding how to set the transparency or shinyness of a texture! At least we can set it now - in the old FloorPlan you had but put some glass over something to make a texture shiny!

Mybe the depth of some of the functions will be reduced as the program evolves.

Allan
Allan Chesney,
Kalamunda, Perth, Western Australia
www.alchesdesigns.iinet.net.au

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