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Iray No Light Render?

tdctdc Posts: 130
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I know this is an odd question. But what if I wanted to just render a character (to view detail) without any lights. Basically, a better version of the Perspective View. No lights, no shadow. Is this possible?

Playing around with the settings I eather get an all-black silhouette or a light source.

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  • fastbike1fastbike1 Posts: 4,078
    edited September 2019

    You can't render without lights. Iray is a Physically Based Render engine.

    The perspective view has lights included, either the default HDRI or the Preview lights.

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  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,178

    What you may not realize is that, even without light objects added, the viewport still uses lights to display your scene. 

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,178

    Here's what Iray viewport mode looks like with no scene lights, no camera headlamp and lighting set to scene only:

     

    iraydark.png
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  • tdctdc Posts: 130

    ah, okay, thanks for the info.

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,045

    Oso Toon provides a way to have flat color images.

    The shader has a switch to route diffuse color to emission color so that the surfaces glow slightly.

     

  • Doc AcmeDoc Acme Posts: 1,153

    Skydomes will still render in Iray.  You could custom make a grad to map suit your needs.

     

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