max viewport question

[carlangas]

Hi all,

 

When you set up a scene you have default lighting (if thats what its called), the moment you add a light the viewport changes to reflect the lights in your scene. how can I change that so that I can allways see everything in the scene when shaded regardless of the lights I add? I am using radiosity in my scene and when i shade the viewport it some parts look tool dark and cant see all objects.

 

thanks

[Victor Erthal]

you can use "ctrl + L" and quickly change from one to another

[Sawyer]

Go to the environment window and change the level spinner (default 1) this will change the brightness of the shaded viewport. Does that make sense?

[carlangas]

Thanks Victor...

[carlangas]

ohh, I didnt see your post Sawyer. does this affect the rendered image as well??

[kaylmyers]

Sorry to disagree, Sawyer. That will increase the ambient light in the scene and as we say in our office: ALVB!!! (ambient light very bad) It'll flatten out the render. Ctrl L is the way to do it. ( or right click on the vewport name, choose configure viewports, then check default lighting. Choose between 1 or 2 lights)

[Sawyer]

Carlos,

 

I was wrong. I use vray and it does not affect anything in the rendering. CTRL +L is the way to go.