• Maxon Cinema 4D

  GRAPHICS CARD ISSUE

  Posted by Glenn Takakjian on August 14, 2007 at 3:45 am

  Ever since upgrading to v.10 (currently at 10.102 Warp 10) I have been having issues with Gouraud Shading and lighting. Very often the effect of lighting on an object does not show up. Generally my scenes have 3 point lighting. And I have a sphere BG with its own lighting.

  Most of the time I cannot see the effect of the BG lighting consistently, If I am moving a light or adjusting the parameter I see how it effects the scene. But as soon as I choose another object the light illumination disappears. Renders are fine. Sometimes the reverse happens. I can see the spotlights cast on the BG but my foreground object appears completely black even though there are at least three lights on it. If a grab a light and start to move it, the Illumination pops on…. but disappears again when I choose another object.

  I hope I am explaining this clearly.

  Anyway I am on a Mac G5, 10.4.10 5 GB RAM – ATI Radeon 9600 XT Card 128 mb VRAM.

  I have tried multiple options in the C4D Preferences. OpenGL Shading, Software Shading. Many of the choices are Grayed out. I have turned Illumination Check boxes on and off in the Light parameters… tried spot lights… Omnis… gone through a lot of different permutations.

  Is this a Graphics card issue? Do I need to upgrade and if so what do you all recommend?

  It is frustrating trying to guess how my lighting is going to work.

  Thanks

  TAK

  Glenn Takakjian replied 18 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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