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# 1 30-07-2010 , 03:03 PM
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lights in a render

hey i really want a light to shine at my camera, it is a point light and has a lens flare glow attached, how can i render that into the final image, only the light hitting objects can be seen not the actual source! is there a simple tick box to make it visible???


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# 2 30-07-2010 , 04:30 PM
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Lights aren't true geometry, so they're not going to show up. Besides, a point light by definition is a single point source of light, so even if it was geometry, it would only be a pixel or something. Try creating some geometry, like a sphere around it or just behind it and assign it a simple white surface shader.
Just my thoughts on this, I could be wrong. Hope it helps.

# 3 30-07-2010 , 08:08 PM
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If you're using Mental Ray then it won't show as its not supported. You're going to have to render out a Maya software layer for the glow.


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# 4 31-07-2010 , 10:01 AM
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ohh well that makes sense. shame really mental ray practically does everything else. user added image


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# 5 01-08-2010 , 08:13 PM
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shame really mental ray practically does everything else

wait till you get to rendering hair its a whole other story

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