How do i turn off ambient light?

junkname2000

I have been using poser now for a few years. I decided to give DAZ a try, well it is free after all. i fiannly got the basics down but am having an issue with the program lighting. In poser to set up my scene I first remove all lights then put 1 area light abobe the scene just to get the props and people into place. then i remove that light and add lights to effect. the problem is in DAZ 4.9 Ther is always a light in the viewport and when i render even with no lights the scene. It is alwlays brightly lit and the shadow extends to the right menaing ther is a light source to the left that is causing this shadow. When i rotate the camera ther is no light in the scene. I have been trying to figure this out for days now and am at my wits end with this. I keep seeing somthing about a headlamp on other discussion bords but see no settings for this nore do i see a icon where they say. I really want to like this program but if i can not turn off the lights this is useless. I am at my wits end with this. Can anybody offer any guidance on this?

JackFoster

In DS, it's called the headlamp. It's a light that's attached to the camera you're using, and it can be turned off. In the Render Settings tab, under General, there's an option for Auto Headlamp. If you turn it to Never, then you won't have to worry about the headlamp anymore. Also, if you create a camera, you can control its headlamp independently. It defaults to Auto, which uses your render settings, but you can also turn it to Off or On.

When set to Auto, the headlamp also turns off whenever you create a new light source, though it won't automatically turn off for hdri light or emissive shaders.

Edit:

Speaking of hdri light, if you're using the default render settings for Iray, then you've got environment light as well as the headlamp. To turn this off, go to Render Settings, and under Environment, change Environment Mode to Scene Only.

junkname2000

Thanks for the help JackFoster. I have been pulling my hair out on this you also led me to a few other things i was looking for. The problem was i was going to render settings in the menu and didn't notice the tab. Thanks again. Now i don't have to go crawling back to Poser.  :)

nicstt

I have a scene set to auto load at startup or when clicking new.

I have a lamp in it out of the way (and below ground); it has a tiny amount of light: 0.00001 or something like that, that way the light on the camera never is an issue.

junkname2000

Thats like what i do. no lights but 1 to see by.

lee.furlong3

JackFoster said:

In DS, it's called the headlamp. It's a light that's attached to the camera you're using, and it can be turned off. In the Render Settings tab, under General, there's an option for Auto Headlamp. If you turn it to Never, then you won't have to worry about the headlamp anymore. Also, if you create a camera, you can control its headlamp independently. It defaults to Auto, which uses your render settings, but you can also turn it to Off or On.

When set to Auto, the headlamp also turns off whenever you create a new light source, though it won't automatically turn off for hdri light or emissive shaders.

Edit:

Speaking of hdri light, if you're using the default render settings for Iray, then you've got environment light as well as the headlamp. To turn this off, go to Render Settings, and under Environment, change Environment Mode to Scene Only.

Thankyou JackFoster. You're a star. Been tryingfor hours to resovle this.

(Edited by mod to fix quote)