3ds Max 2012 Dark Viewport Textures

NuggetWarmer

Hello, for some time now my 3ds Max viewports have been showing my textures as much darker than they actually are. I've tried just about everything, but obviously it's still a problem. Has anyone ever had this happen before? How would I go about fixing it?
Here's how it looks in the viewport:

and here's how the actual diffuse looks:


Thanks in advance.

Eric Chadwick

Most likely this is the Ambient set to black. Look for it in the Rendering menu, under Environment.
http://download.autodesk.com/us/3dsmax/2012help/files/GUID-EF33AEB1-44BE-403E-B4CC-3C29495988C-2396.htm

joshmtyler

Eric Chadwick wrote: »

Most likely this is the Ambient set to black. Look for it in the Rendering menu, under Environment.
http://download.autodesk.com/us/3dsmax/2012help/files/GUID-EF33AEB1-44BE-403E-B4CC-3C29495988C-2396.htm

I'm having the same problem but this only slightly boosted it up.

marks

Try enabling gamma correction.