Cannot create sphere

leifnoerholm

I'm absolutely new, and I'm started following Jay Versluis' videos. And the thing to create is a sphere. But I cannot create a sphere, it becomes nothing but a white circle. Any suggestions, please?

See pic!

 

SofaCitizen

Hi & Welcome to the forums :)

It looks like you do have a Sphere there but as you are using Filament drawstyle (drop-down that is to the left of where it says "Perspective View" in the top-right of the viewport) which is very bright by default. If you click on the sphere and then go into the Surfaces tab (in your left panel), and under Sphere>Default find the item that says "Base Color". Click on the white bit (which will bring up a colour-picker) and select a non-white colour and click OK. This should give you a better view of the sphere since you can see the light reflecting off of the object.

EDIT: See screenshot attached - ignore that fact that I am using a different theme and my surface tab is on the right - but that shows the sphere with a colour so you can see the light reflecting off it as you move around it.

leifnoerholm

Thank you so much, SofaCitizen! It worked exactly as you described it! Rather complicated progrem, uhhh

You made my day!

rosseliani

leifnoerholm said:

Thank you so much, SofaCitizen! It worked exactly as you described it! Rather complicated progrem, uhhh

You made my day!

We all had to be beginners, keep experimenting! I made my first steps with Daz Studio 7 years ago and I am still discovering features and tips. A powerful program needs your patience!

 

SofaCitizen

leifnoerholm said:

Thank you so much, SofaCitizen! It worked exactly as you described it! Rather complicated progrem, uhhh

You made my day!

No problem, glad you are back on track :)

There is definitely a lot to take in but keep going with Jay's videos as he is an excellent teacher and very good at throwing little tidbits along the way too.