Rendering in Red

[MickeyMouse]

I have a simple model created in Cinema that has a few cubes and a single light source. Everytime I render it, the lighting is all red.

Any ideas?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" ?>
<scene>
<camera>
<!--Global Pos/Size Multiplier: 0.010000-->
<pos>1.293123 -4.832134 3.278218</pos>
<up>-0.210113 0.391859 0.895712</up>
<forwards>-0.423269 0.789394 -0.444635</forwards>
<aperture_radius>0.001000</aperture_radius>
<focus_distance>0.360000</focus_distance>
<sensor_width>0.036000</sensor_width>
<lens_sensor_dist>0.036000</lens_sensor_dist>
<aspect_ratio>1.330000</aspect_ratio>
<white_balance>D65</white_balance>
</camera>
<skylight>
<sundir>0.000000 0.000000 0.000000</sundir>
<turbidity>2.000000</turbidity>
<sky_gain>0.005000</sky_gain>
</skylight>
<mesh>
<name>meshName_0</name>
<external>
<path>MickeySimple.c4d.xml.0.3DS</path>
</external>
</mesh>
<mesh>
<name>meshName_1</name>
<external>
<path>MickeySimple.c4d.xml.1.3DS</path>
</external>
</mesh>
<mesh>
<name>meshName_2</name>
<external>
<path>MickeySimple.c4d.xml.2.3DS</path>
</external>
</mesh>
<mesh>
<name>meshName_3</name>
<external>
<path>MickeySimple.c4d.xml.3.3DS</path>
</external>
</mesh>
<material>
<name>Mat.3</name>
<diffuse>
<colour>1.000000 1.000000 1.000000</colour>
</diffuse>
</material>
<material>
<name>Mat.2</name>
<diffuse>
<colour>1.000000 1.000000 1.000000</colour>
</diffuse>
</material>
<material>
<name>indigo_default_material</name>
<diffuse>
<colour>0.8 0.8 0.8</colour>
</diffuse>
</material>
<model>
<!--Cube.3-->
<pos>0 0 0</pos>
<scale>0.010000</scale>
<mesh_name>meshName_0</mesh_name>
<material_name>Mat.3</material_name>
</model>
<model>
<!--Cube.2-->
<pos>0 0 0</pos>
<scale>0.010000</scale>
<mesh_name>meshName_1</mesh_name>
<material_name>Mat.3</material_name>
</model>
<model>
<!--Cube.1-->
<pos>0 0 0</pos>
<scale>0.010000</scale>
<mesh_name>meshName_2</mesh_name>
<material_name>Mat.3</material_name>
</model>
<model>
<!--Cube-->
<pos>0 0 0</pos>
<scale>0.010000</scale>
<mesh_name>meshName_3</mesh_name>
<material_name>Mat.3</material_name>
</model>
<plane>
<!--Plane.3-->
<normal>0.000000 0.000000 1.000000</normal>
<dist>0.000000</dist>
<material_name>Mat.2</material_name>
</plane>
</scene>

[OnoSendai]

<sundir>0.000000 0.000000 0.000000</sundir>

Zero length sun direction vectors can't be healthy

[MickeyMouse]

Ono-Sendai: Thank you. LOL, that made all the diference in the world. How long should a render take? I've had it rendering for over an hour and it still looks poor.

[BZ Win]

Depends on your rez, PC speed, amount of RAM....etc

It can take 4+ days to get a good render. (assuming you have a massive rez)

Most renders can be completed in 1-2 days.

[MickeyMouse]

I don't know, I'm just not getting very good results, even after 4hr.

[Behrendt]

Seems like you haven't created a target camera in Cinema! Do this and activate it in your perspective viewport befor exporting the scene into .xml