topic Reference image too dark in 3ds Max Modeling Forum

Reference image too dark

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:36:19 GMT

The reference image I am using looks very dark in 3ds Max 2017. I created it making a plane and then dragging the .jpg image onto the plane. Then I used Bitmap fit from UVW MAP to adjust it. How can I light it to increase visibility?

This is the original image:

https://imgur.com/a/Zjqcn

And this is the image as I see in 3ds Max:

https://imgur.com/a/EydrX

Thanks in advance.

Re: Reference image too dark

leeminardi — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:47:23 GMT

See if changing the Global Lighting helps. Hit 8 on the keyboard or Rendering, Environment ... to bring up the Environment and Effect dialog box. Then increase the Global Lighting level.

Re: Reference image too dark

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:05:39 GMT

Well, I've solved the problem, but not by changing the Global Lighting. Instead, I went to "Gamma and LUT" in "Preference Settings" and I turned off "Enable Gamma/LUT correction". And now the picture is clearly seen, so, it seems that the problem has been solved. Thank you very much for the attention in any case, Iminardigmail.