Topic: Lights turn off when rendering

[jlnsvfx]

Just came across this lately - when I render the light turn off and I get dark areas.  Anyone have this issue.

thanks!

[BMcIsaac]

Try to ajust the photometric scale in the light properties. Unfortunatly what you see in build mode is not always what you get in movie mode for positioning. You can fix this problem by adjusting the position and or properties of the light.

I am not sure if it is a reported bug but I am sure we are not the first to run into it.

[peterm]

By default in Build Mode you don't see the shadows (F8) and I suspect the dark areas you see in the render are the actual shadows for the scene that you are seeing only once rendered and they override the lighting.

As modelhead mentioned, in order to get the lighting you need to adjust the light properties, but also adjust your shadows (Shadowmap Offset and Shadow Slope Offset sliders) see topic Problem With High Res Renders: Interior Lights, and Mortens suggestion.