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Hello TIGGER8181 (TIGGER8181)

>I'm trying to render a prefabricated logo scene in Lightwave 3.5 (Flyer 4.06)
>on our Amiga 4000.  It's very simple:  The logo approaches from back left to
>front right/center, and as it does so, it enters the only light in the scene,
>a spotlight shining down on the "floor".  The logo is supposed to come from
>the shadows into the light, ie: from darkness to lit.
>
>Problem is, the logo is lit up like a beacon, regardless of whether it's in
>the light or not.
>
>The logo is surfaced with Silver, Fractal Reflections.  It has no "self-glow"
>(can't remember the right word for this).
>
>The light is a coned spot, 0% ambient light, 100% intensity.
>
>How can I make sure the object isn't visible till it is beneath the
>Spotlight?  What am I missing?
>
>This is baffling me, even though it's a very simple scene.  Leave it to the
>rookie to get confused fast!
>
>Thanks for any help,
>
>-Mike
>--
Well Mike, since I can't see the exact settings you have for your object
All I can do is give you some suggestions that might help.

1. Make sure your objects shadowing is properly set (ie cast shadow, self
shadow and receive shadow). In the objects panel.

2. If you wish to create a shadow effect make sure either the light is a
shadow map light or you have "Trace Shadows" turned on. In the light panel
and the camera panel respectfully.

3. Check your ambiant light setting. That should be very low (no more than
5%) possibly 0%. In the light panel

4. Check your Diffuse settings on your objects surfaces, You should keep
them low(around 20% for sides about 40% for the face for definition). Make
sure you have 0% lum. This is in the surface panel

5. If all of these do not help try moving the logo object out of frame
for the 0/1 keyframe (if you have keyframes inbetween 0/1 and the last key
frame make sure you adjust them also).

6. As a last resort, make a copy of your object in modeler and rename the
surfaces (ie logo.face2, logo.side2) use the same surface but set the
diffuse to 0% and all surfaces and do a morph between the 0% diffuse object
and the normal object.

Like I have said it is difficult to assitane your problem without seeing it.
Also you may want to stop up to the Lightwave IRC channel. There you can
upload a picture of what you are getting and we can help you work it out
on line. My handle is "animator", but you can pose the problem to anyone
up there. The channel is #lightwave.

Good luck

Rich


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