Quote - two questions

1.  Is there a way to make those mesh lights that come with reality emit light but be invisible in the render?  i'm having an issue with a really tight scene and my lights keep intruding in my view

2.  and more for you bob.. is the 800 pixel wide render the size you render in or do you downsize them from a larger-sized render?

 

On your first question, I haven't found a way other than hiding them out of the camera viea and avoiding reflective surfaces, like windows and glass, if at all possible.

An alternative when this isn't possible is the ol' spotlight. I don't think it renders quite as nice as the quality of a mesh light, but speed wise you won't notice.

As for whiting out a scene, if that's what you want to do, get into linear mode and adjust the 'camera' settings as you would an old SLR camera. It'll be real easy to blow out your image :-) Either that or raise the gain on your lights!

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