Prelighting Max 7

Bigley · 23-02-2006, 10:40 AM

Has anyone heard of prelighting?
I think it is like it calculates all of the shadows and saves it in your viewport therefore it doesn't have to reconfigure each frame you render

shikav4 · 23-02-2006, 11:31 AM

Are you talking about radiosity. In radiosity you can see the shadows in the view port. It dosent have to recalculate the shadow until the objects are moving.

jaro · 23-02-2006, 12:18 PM

In addition to (or instead of) using radiosity you can also use render to texture, which renders everything you want (including light and shadows) to a bitmap. Then you can use this bitmap with 100% self-illuminated material to get a superfast rendering with the lighting "baked" in the texture.

Bigley · 24-02-2006, 09:18 AM

Hey man the render to texture was exactly what I was looking for but I can't bake a sky light it wont let me. Do u know how?

jaro · 26-02-2006, 11:12 PM

Well there shouldn't be any problem baking a skylight with render to texture. You need to bake a complete map and to see the light of the skylight you'll need to use light tracer, radiosity or mental ray final gather.

23-02-2006, 10:40 AM	#1
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24-02-2006, 09:18 AM	#4
Bigley Modeler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,978 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Awards Showcase Total Awards: 2	Hey man the render to texture was exactly what I was looking for but I can't bake a sky light it wont let me. Do u know how? __________________ jeremiahbigley.com 3docean Portfolio

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23-02-2006, 11:31 AM	#2
shikav4 14 and still growing Join Date: May 2005 Location: India Posts: 1,227 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 2	Are you talking about radiosity. In radiosity you can see the shadows in the view port. It dosent have to recalculate the shadow until the objects are moving.

23-02-2006, 12:18 PM	#3
jaro Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 44 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	In addition to (or instead of) using radiosity you can also use render to texture, which renders everything you want (including light and shadows) to a bitmap. Then you can use this bitmap with 100% self-illuminated material to get a superfast rendering with the lighting "baked" in the texture.

26-02-2006, 11:12 PM	#5
jaro Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 44 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well there shouldn't be any problem baking a skylight with render to texture. You need to bake a complete map and to see the light of the skylight you'll need to use light tracer, radiosity or mental ray final gather.

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