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BulldogFan71-Visitor
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December 20, 2011
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PhotoLux Render Issues

  • December 20, 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

8GB RAM

NVIDIA GT 550M

Creo Elements Pro 5.0

Every time I try to render using PhotoLUX, the result is a solid black screen. I can render using PhotoRender but the quality isn't that great.

I have tried every scene, moving floors/walls/etc, adjusting lights, adjusting effects...all with the same result.

I have tried Draft to Maximum quality. Output Full Window to JPEG to TIF...all the rendered files are solid black. It's driving me insane! I've followed as many tutorials as I can...step by step, but my result is solid black as opposed to the tutorials results of a completely rendered model.

Has anyone experienced anything like this? Have any Ideas?

It's driving me insane!

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!


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Best answer by BulldogFan7

Ok everyone...I finally figured it out. It was McAfee Internet Security. Not sure how it blocked it but as soon as I uninstalled McAfee, the rendering works perfectly.

Wish I knew this from the get go.

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CamiloParraPala1-Visitor
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December 21, 2011

That´s weird you should check maybe your materials, i recomend to use only PhotoLUX scenes and materials (the last ones), your computer is perfect.

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BulldogFan71-VisitorAuthor
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December 21, 2011

Here are some screenshots that may help anyone determine what settings I have wrong...or what else I need to look at.

This all started when I went to create a nice little Happy New Year impage for the company I work for. Now it's becoming a mission to figure this out.

Scenes - Scene.jpg

Scenes - Room.jpg

Scenes - Lights.jpg

Scenes - Effects.jpg

Render - Options.jpg

Render - Adv.jpg

Render - Output.jpg

When I do just a Render Region, below is what I get. If I render it completely, then the entire output is black.

Render - Black.jpg

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BulldogFan71-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
December 21, 2011

I hit the button to align the floor to the bottom of the model.

I made that mistake once while using Photorender.

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BulldogFan71-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
December 22, 2011

Floor nor walls are causing the issue...they are not in front of the model.

Also...I'm looking in Floating Modules and I don't see where there is an Advanced Render option. Should that be there?

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CamiloParraPala1-Visitor
1-Visitor
December 22, 2011

Did some advice appear when you select PhotoLUX?

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BulldogFan71-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
December 22, 2011

No, there was not advice. Other than it being black, PhotoLUX works fine.

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BulldogFan71-VisitorAuthorAnswer
1-Visitor
March 22, 2012

Ok everyone...I finally figured it out. It was McAfee Internet Security. Not sure how it blocked it but as soon as I uninstalled McAfee, the rendering works perfectly.

Wish I knew this from the get go.

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CamiloParraPala1-Visitor
1-Visitor
March 23, 2012

Cool man finally hehe.

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