Photoworks

[neilc78]

Ok. I have never used Photoworks much before so apologies in advance if this question is stupid. I am trying to render a conveyor. I am having trouble with the belt. I have set the belt to be a smooth blue plastic but when I render the file the top surface of the belt is grey while the underside is correctly blue as is all its other faces. I am guessing that this is something to do with lighting but no matter where I position lights it makes no difference. I am using a recommended Graphics card and driver so I am stumped. Any Suggestions?

 

[rockguy]

Sounds like you have the blue plastic material applied to the entire componant and a gray material applied to just the top surface?? Check the materials in the render manager and look for a stray gray material face.

It could be a lighting issue but I would think if it were due to lighting the top surface would fade from blue to gray in areas.



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(updated 5/01/06)
SW 2006 SP 4.0

 

[Jabberwocky]

Photoworks is a decent renderer, but IMHO the interface is awful. If not awful then at least completely counter-intuitive, especially coming from a graphics background.

Assuming you have the Photoworks material you want for your part, select the entire solid body, faces, features, etc. you want colored that way, and click on the PWx materials icon. You should get a preview window showing only the things you had selected. Then pick the material you prepared and hit apply.

For lighting, make sure you are editing the Pwx lighting options and not just the SWx ones. You can usually find a good default option under the Scene icon, in the Studios folder.