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Hi there, A client of ours needs a visualisation of a concept that is all about energy, crystals, prisms and pyramids --> it's for a new style of wellness center. Our representation may be abstract, more that a fully defined design. I'm currently collecting moodboards for this type of work, so if an...

Hi Janusz, Thanks for the explanation but the instancing itself worked well: it's just the use custom object part that I don't understand - and still don't not even with the example scene Jure provided. I thought the custom objects were just visual representations of the cloned objects in the scene,...

Hi there, I'm learning about instancing, and it's cool! I don't understand how the custom object works though. I have a scene with 4 objects: 1- Three shelves in a shop 2- A grid of points that indicate where the hi-def bottles should be instanced 3- A hi-def model of a bottle 4- A lo-definition mod...

Hi all, Deleting all kray plugins for LW and deleting all kray files from the harddisk and then reinstalling did the trick. Noteworthy: even though I did a search for kray* on my harddrive, WinXP64 did not show the kray plugins in the Newtek/Lightwave folder. Strange. I went to this folder to copy t...

It's there. But still, the watermarks.

So, any tips on why it's still in demo mode? I really just copy / paste the unlock key from my member page on the Kray website. The window closes so I guess it does at least accept the code, but then nothing changes.

thomas

I just tried it: it still shows the watermarks

And I'm running out of time for my presentation...

Thomas

Hi Janusz,

Thanks for responding!

I have a one license key and I know how to input it, but it is already used on another computer. I want to remove it from the other computer because I'm afraid it might lock up both computers (if the license is not first 'de-activated' on the older PC).

Thomas

Thanks Janusz, but this doesn't do anything (expect put a lot of 'LLLL's in one of the fields.

Thomas

Hi, I'll spare you the details but I need to put my license on a faster computer. 1) Can I do this? 2) How do I do this? I don't see a 'terminate activation' option in the Kray licensing tool.. I don't want to just use the same unlock on the other computer in case both PCs stop working... Thx, Thomas

Hi Janusz,

Yep, I thought of that, but that doesn't allow per surface reflection maps.

Thanks Brownie!

I'll get to work using this technique. No lights huh? How about that

Has this changed since 2008? Seems to me I can't get reflection maps to work, and I share the same idea: no, it's no photorealistic, but it can be a great timesaver - and I would like to set maps per surface for artistic freedom and speed so setting up a textured environment is not a good substitute.

Hi guys and girls, I'm just learning Kray so I'm curious: what do you mean by light planes - if as you everyone is using 'em I want to know! Are these: 1) LightPortal surfaces 2) Area lights 3) Luminous Polygons. Also, why is everyone using these? I'm having a hard time seeing what technique to use,...

I have a very cheap and dirty trick, from the days of faking everything with spotlights but I must warn you: it's a filthy hack! :D I just give a surface less diffuse and more luminosity. After that you need to tweak the multiplier value in that surface plugin - or not, if the result is good. Altern...