Help my lights wont work.

LXBlack

I added a light to the scene. In the preveiw the scene went dark except where the light was placed. When I rendered, it rendered everything lit equaly and cast no shadows anywhere. I dont understand why this is happening and it's very frustrating. Please help.

JimmyC_2009

Is this DAZ Dtudio, and if so, are you rendering in Iray or 3Delight?

What kind of light did you add?   If you are using DAZ Studio, do you have 'Prieview Lights'  (Ctrl+L) checked in the Viewport drop-down menu?

afe_corp_b8ae8ed0f4

I believe that in Daz Studio, the shadows are set to "none" by default. I always set my shadows to Raytraced. To do this, go to the Lights and Camera view, then the Lights tab. Select the light from the scene, then on the left navigate to the Shadow settings. At the top is Shadow Type with a drop down menu. Set it to Raytraced. Just to help you test it, Also go to the Light settings and raise the intensity to 100% temporarily to help determine it's working. You can later put it back to whatever it was by simply going to Edit and Undo.

 

If you're working in Poser.... It's been too long and I've forgotten. lol