Light not getting brighter

dewey · Post by **dewey** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:41 am

I have recently started using Sketchup and even more recently started using Indigo. I'm having problems making the light fixture in the tutorial/demo (SkIndigo_1_1_x Getting Started) brighter than its default value.

I increased the Power field (under Emitter Attributes) to double but the light was no different, the same with Efficacy. When changing the Temperature, I can see the result.

How do I make lights brighter?

I'm using Indigo 1.1.14 and SkIndigo 1.1.12

Thanks

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:45 am

don't use reinhard tonemapping

Pibuz · Post by **Pibuz** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:24 am

YEP

neo0. · Post by **neo0.** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:31 pm

An FAQ might be a good idea. With things like many people run into like "Why is my glass turning black?" or "why is my render so dark?" etc.

Look, we were all noobs once, right?

Borgleader · Post by **Borgleader** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:36 pm

neo0. wrote:An FAQ might be a good idea. With things like many people run into like "Why is my glass turning black?" or "why is my render so dark?" etc.

Look, we were all noobs once, right?

an faq would be quite useless as "why my glass turned dark" could be caused by many things.

neo0. · Post by **neo0.** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:37 pm

Still, it would be helpful to give people a few common solutions. It would make things much less daunting for people starting out.

Borgleader · Post by **Borgleader** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:40 pm

neo0. wrote:Still, it would be helpful to give people a few common solutions. It would make things much less daunting for people starting out.

Unless the person starting out STFF

neo0. · Post by **neo0.** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:07 pm

An FAQ would make things easier for beginners. Then they wouldn't have to search around the forums. They would have a one stop thread for common problems. Then they can focus on learning indigo.

Pibuz · Post by **Pibuz** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:35 pm

(OFF TOPIC)
I agree with NeoO, but i also think that a beginner should try to work things out by himself sometimes. Indigo and SkIndigo are pretty intuitive and i don't think it's impossible to find a solution for basic problems in more than one hour. I know that searching things through the forum is a little time consuming and sometimes frustrating, but i've always looked at it simply as a necessary step. A SkIndigo FAQ will be released for sure, i've got a little spare time so i could start writing one myself. I think i'm gonna post a new topic, in a few days. Everyone could add his contribution, and everyone will be happy

Post by **fused** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:37 pm

i totally agree with neo0.
and yes, we were all noobs once...

(and i only know 3 cases where glass can turn black: normals, thickess and absorbption)

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:01 am

fused wrote:I only know 3 cases where glass can turn black: normals, thickess and absorbption)

Let's say, 3 and a half....
normals or normal smoothing.

and an other quater, which more or less is thickness: not being enclosed.

and an other 1/8, which more or less is absorption: scene-scale.

Ok, that should be about it, I think... 3 7/8

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