Rendered image much darker, light does nothing?

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Hey, I’ve been having a huge amount of trouble with this, the right contains what I wanted the object to look like when rendered(right):

Ted Ugly.png1920×1080 267 KB

Although the left looks extremely dark… Changing the position of lights does absolutely nothing :l

Here’s the file: Complete revamp.blend (635 KB)

Thanks :slight_smile:

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Hi Devoun,

The image on the right is in Solid Shading mode. It has nothing to do with rendering. Switch to the Rendered mode to see what the result will approximately be:

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For Sun lamp you use in your scene the position doesn’t matter. Only its rotation influences the scene.

If you want to make your scene brighter, add more lights and/or increase the strength of light sources and/or increase the strenthg environment lighting and make its color brighter.

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That’s object mode on the right. That color doesn’t mean anything in the final (F12) or preview render (SHIFT Z).
I rotated the sun lamp and it did become brighter.

Also, too much subdivision on the face pieces. Ideally you’ll never need a level 4 subdivision except in displacement modifier.