Twilight Render User Forum

if the "laser beams" are light emitting surfaces, then you should set them in the template to be "Fake" emitters... this will render instantaneously in comparison to actual emitters when using Easy 1-7 render settings... and use much less RAM. Easy 09 is the best render setting f...

see my link above, and read very carefully.

study this file available for download in the link above.

Learning any new program is frustrating... calm is advised. Below my text box as I type on the forum is a tab called "options" and a tab called "upload attachment". Do you not have these options? You may need a few posts before you are allowed to upload the attachment... meanwhil...

Hi Marc,
You downloaded which scene exactly?
"FakeVolumetricTest.skp" ? or?
https://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewt ... olumetrics

Open the Light Dialog.
The sun slider is set to 7 in my scenes, slide it to zero for sharp shadows, or uncheck the 'soft shadow' box.

Here's same scene, different settings... playing with dusty sky setting and sky brightness. This provided a nice red "fill" glow coming from the sky on the right. same settings and different times of day will be interesting as well. The Physical Sky is powerful, and probably very under-exp...

Real-world scale is important... so if you are rendering something massively large, like a spaceship, and have only one tiny light, well, there's a problem. Please post a simple scene demonstrating your issue, and we can "fix" it easily for you to see how it's done. I'm attaching a large (...

:welcome: Love your screen name. :) To use a black sky for rendering you have many options. Set the "Sky Color" to black, or almost black. Set the Sky to "Spherical Sky" and load any spherical sky image you have found, such as a starry space sky, etc. Or set the Sky "Backgro...

Yes.
It's not exactly that process, you will need to re-request the license for the new computer when the time comes.

They will be upset thinking that she already built it w/out their permission!