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Turning props into a light source?

Tempo777Tempo777 Posts: 6
edited June 2015 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I tried and followed everything this guy (or girl) said in the following link. The tube won't work as a light source.

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/14536/

Here's what I did:

-Spawned the tube...
-Clicked on uberlight base while pressing CTRL to set the material preset image as "ignore".
-Tried every options in the surface pane and rendered ever time I made a change in the options.

(Fall off end was set to 4000)

I came to conclusion that I am missing something. All the program does is to render the models as a pitch black objects.

Help?

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Comments

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    Are you rendering in 3delight or Iray? Ubersurface is a 3delight shader.

  • Tempo777Tempo777 Posts: 6
    edited December 1969

    fixmypcmike said:
    Are you rendering in 3delight or Iray? Ubersurface is a 3delight shader.

    No, I'm using iray.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    For Iray use the Iray Emissive shader.

  • Tempo777Tempo777 Posts: 6
    edited December 1969

    My deepest apologies, but I'm very new to DAZ. I'll appreciate if you can lead me where to start with Emissive shader.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    No problem, if you use Smart Content from the Surfaces pane Presets section, it's under Default > Shaders > Iray > Emissives. If you don't use Smart Content or Categories it's under Content Library > DAZ Studio Formats > [library name] > Shader Presets > Iray > DAZ Uber

  • Tempo777Tempo777 Posts: 6
    edited December 1969

    My greatest gratitude, I'll try and keep this thread updated. Thanks for the help *Two Thumbs Up*

  • Tempo777Tempo777 Posts: 6
    edited December 1969

    Now THAT'S what I'm talking about :)

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