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  • glow not rendering in picture viewer

    Posted by Jeremy Martin on April 26, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    does anybody know if there are size limitations when using a glow on a texture? im rendering something out for a print piece so the size is pretty big (5100×3900, roughly 11×17). but the glow on one of my textures isnt rendering. however if i cut the size in half it shows up.

    anybody ever have that happen? am i missing a setting or something?

    thx for any help.

    Craig Powell replied 15 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Brian Jones

    April 26, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    “Glows cannot be seen through transparent objects, nor in reflections. The glow you specify here does not act as a light; other parts of the scene will not be lit by the glow, nor will any shadows be cast. Glows are restricted to a maximum image resolution of 4,000 x 4,000 pixels. When using object motion blur, glow applied to lights may cause colors to overlap.”

    If you have AR you can use the glow there which does not have a size limitation (or it’s bigger than I’ve tried).

  • Jeremy Martin

    April 26, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    thats what i was afraid of. thanks for the info.

    in the AR glow is there a way to attach it to a certain object only? is that what the object id would be? i dont want everything in my scene to glow (which is what was happening when i tested it a bit ago) nor do i really feel like rendering out individual pieces.

    thanks again for the help.

  • Brian Jones

    April 26, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    yes, that’s what Objet ID is for. Add a Compositing Tag and enable one of the Object Buffers, the Object ID in Glow is the buffer number you used.

  • Jeremy Martin

    April 26, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    awesome. ill give it a shot. thank you again for your help!

  • Craig Powell

    January 25, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    Wow! awesome thread guys. 4000×4000 is the truth! i would’ve hung myself if it weren’t for this thread. god bless you both!

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