How bright must lights be?

spswafford

Trying to setup a scene in the back of the Condor. I did not see any settings for the lights in the back so I have setup 3 spotlights where the lights should be. I set the spread to 180 and intensity to 500, but when I do a test render it looks barely lit (see attached).

mjc1016

Drop the spots down a bit more. Unlike the real world, the covers on those fixtures are not going to allow any light through them.

Once you do that, you will find that 500 is about 5 times too bright...

Jaderail

Tip on items like this. On the Cover set that to Cast Shadows OFF, then your lights will pass through it. Then just color the light to match the covers color in the render.