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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] I need help! => Topic started by: miacreed on 2022-04-10, 17:43:31

Title: Artificial Lighting trouble
Post by: miacreed on 2022-04-10, 17:43:31

Hi all-
I'm new to Corona, and am having trouble with artificial lighting. I'd like to produce a warm, diffuse lighting from a lamp and am attempting to use a CoronaLight to achieve it, with no luck.
I'm attaching an image of the desired effect vs my result. There is a Disk shaped CoronaLight in my scene emitting light, but no matter what the intensity setting is, the result is always very harsh and produces a hard-edge around the light. I'd like the result to be more diffuse. Tips? Tricks? Tutorials? Thank you so much in advance!!!
Best,
Mia.

Title: Re: Artificial Lighting trouble
Post by: romullus on 2022-04-10, 23:28:06

Can you show your Corona light settings? It could be that you have set directionality way too high.

Title: Re: Artificial Lighting trouble
Post by: miacreed on 2022-04-11, 16:07:25

Hi, yes, sure.

I have the intensity set at 100 def, and I tried turning it down to 50 but the light never becomes diffuse. I'm attaching images.

Title: Re: Artificial Lighting trouble
Post by: NicolasC on 2022-04-11, 16:09:05

Hello,
Never use directionality above 0.5, otherwise switch to std 3dsmax lights ;)

Title: Re: Artificial Lighting trouble
Post by: TomG on 2022-04-11, 16:33:34

Yep this is Directionality, at 1 you are pretty much making a laser :)

Title: Re: Artificial Lighting trouble
Post by: miacreed on 2022-04-11, 16:44:05

Yes that did it! Thanks so much!!!