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Point light issue

malcolmkarpeta_40f9af0b00malcolmkarpeta_40f9af0b00 Posts: 262
in Daz Studio Discussion

Hi team, I've just started using a point lights to illuminate an interior. So, I placed my first point light just below the scenes ceiling light, set to rectangle, increased the rectangle area and luminosity. Now I thought that point lights emitted light through 360 deg. but when I rendered, only half the room was light up, it was like a slice had gone right through the middle of the room. Playing around a bit, I found I had to actually turn the point light through 90 deg. to get it to illuminate the whole room. Can someone explain why this is please?

Many thanks

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  • DrunkMonkeyProductionsDrunkMonkeyProductions Posts: 1,152
    edited June 11

    It was the change from Point to Rectangle in the LIght Geometry.

    This changes the light from being a little ball with 360 degree illumination to a flat plane with a single direction of illumination.

    The plane is oriented -90 degrees on the x rotation, in relation the the 'floor'.

     

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  • malcolmkarpeta_40f9af0b00malcolmkarpeta_40f9af0b00 Posts: 262

    Many thanks DMP, I did not know that, but I do now! Cheers

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