internal light source in photoworks?

I have a wine cooler modeled that has 2 aura lights inside the cabinet. How
do i create the light source to come from that position for a rendering?

 

You could place a point light at that location. You could also place a spot
light at the location and then define the target location of the spot. I
would try the point light first. It's a little tricky placing a light in an
exact location. This is how I do it.

In your model place a 3d sketch point where you would like the light. Use
the measure tool to give you the coordinates of the sketch point. In the
light properties box you can enter those coordinates to place the light.

 

What's an Aura Light? Is that anything like a neon light?

I tried doing a search...
http://www.auralight.net/

but ended up in happy-unicorn-rainbowland :^P

What I might suggest is to enable Indirect Illumination
and assign a "Constant" material type to one of the surfaces
in your model. That will act as a light source.

Follow these directions...
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D21B42787

and let us know how it goes.

Mike Wilson

 

Well, I got thru it! But not without a massive amount of help from the guru
himself...Paul Salvador. Thank you so much for your models and help, they
helped me to understand indirect lighting and how it works. Below are the
links to my results as hosted by Paul. The second link has been lightened up
by Paul in paint shop pro. Again, thanks for the help!

http://zxys.com/jon/61 SINGLE8.jpg &
http://zxys.com/jon/61 SINGLE8-b.jpg

 

Excellent job! Thanks for sharing

Mike