Forum: Carrara


Subject: can't see the sun in my render

estherau opened this issue on Feb 09, 2006 ยท 8 posts


estherau posted Thu, 09 February 2006 at 10:36 PM

or in the preview render when I use edit in the scene unless I select the default scene. I don't know what I did with it, as there was a perfectly good sun when I rendered, in my original scene. can't find it now. How can I make a new one? Love esther

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ShawnDriscoll posted Thu, 09 February 2006 at 10:43 PM

Make sure you insert a Sun object into your scene (in the Assembly Room) after telling Carrara's Sky editor the position of it. Use that as your Distant light if you want.

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estherau posted Thu, 09 February 2006 at 11:52 PM

i can find insert a menu item "sun light" but is that an actual sun object?

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ren_mem posted Fri, 10 February 2006 at 12:01 AM

It goes with the sky presets. The actual sun(ball) in the render is a seperate thing than sunlight(AFAIK). Should be able to use the ball w/ the highlight on it to reposition or the sun calculation option. Unless you turned the sun option off. It is a bit confusing.

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    Just make it invisible.


ShawnDriscoll posted Fri, 10 February 2006 at 1:18 AM

Inserting that Sun Light object allows Carrara to display your Sun's position in your renders (if your have sky as your visual background. Adjusting the brightness of the Sun Light in its properties is seperate from the skylight brightness property in your render settings. The Skylight takes into account the entire sky for lighting your scene.

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estherau posted Fri, 10 February 2006 at 2:05 AM

Stop lookinge everyone - I found the sun. Must have been obscured by fog or something. Love esther

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ShawnDriscoll posted Fri, 10 February 2006 at 3:47 AM

Don't look directly at it.

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estherau posted Fri, 10 February 2006 at 5:50 AM

I don't remember seeing that advice in the maunual.

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