http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/ LightWave 3-D Users Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:28:29 GMT Jeffery http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89281 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89281 an evenly lit 'channel', or elongated pool of light You would want to make an LW object, like the headlights of the Delorean back in LW5.6. You could also Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:37:32 GMT Will Silver http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89280 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89280 You know, you could use different lights for the character and the background. Distant lights for the character, spots and areas for the background... Just a Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:11:54 GMT Jeric_Synergy http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89279 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89279 ... Given that (supposedly) only the rotation of a distant light matters, I'm surprised this would work-- a matrix of lights where the location doesn't matter Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:11:25 GMT Greg Reyna http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89278 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89278 Thanks guys for the ideas. I'm trying out various things and thought I'd run this by you to see what you'd say. I will try out your suggestions. I know, I'm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:46:21 GMT Greg Reyna http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89277 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89277 I set up Render Globals to 'Overlay Frame Number' on rendered frames but now every time I save the scene, LW opens a second requester to ask me if I want to Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:05:59 GMT Lernie Ang http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89276 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89276 You can use a light array of distant lights for your ambient light, and another distant light for your key light; this way you get a constant directional key Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:45:10 GMT Will Silver http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89275 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89275 you have alot of cool lighting tools at your disposal, including a linear light. You could run it down the middle of your corridor. Also, not knowing the Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:54:01 GMT Felipe Mahalem http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89274 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89274 Hmm, I think that you might expect lighting changes when a character run thru an enviroment, it's a natural phenomenon, unless he's running in a sunny day, but Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:22:12 GMT emmanuel unogu http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89273 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89273 am guessing you could HDRI maps and a few area Area lights..but then render times might skyrocket.  just my 25cents thoughts! [Non-text portions of this Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:41:43 GMT Greg Reyna http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89272 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89272 I've been working on lighting a character that's running, basically in one direction. I have tried various methods based on key/back/fill but can't get Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:05:06 GMT larryjshultz http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89271 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89271 Place spotlights at each mirror or at the last mirror as needed. Tell the spotlights to project the image you need projected. This should allow you to fake the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:47 GMT Chuck Baker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89270 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89270 Best would always be to use the bug reporting system, instructions are here: http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73226 We can have an engineer Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:54:50 GMT Jeric_Synergy http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89269 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89269 ... Chuck's not hard to find: I suggest you PM him through the official NewTek forums: here's a link, page search for "Chuck": Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:45:09 GMT Superfly Guy http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89268 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89268 Hi All, Looking for a couple of video tutorials on Weld UV and Heal UV. If someone could post some links it would be much appreciated. Thanks, Adam To: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:49:49 GMT Mark Morehead http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89267 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lw3d/message/89267 Thanks for the input. It IS a very interesting limitation. Not sure it's a bug, though, because I don't know the design intent. The image projected from a