Need help with rendering cars

[kralj]

Hey guys

Im new to rendering and got a couple of questions

1. I need some help with rendering cars. I get them rendered, but the headlights and rear lights just turn black so you dont get to see the high details inside the headlights. Why is this happening?

look at the black headlights and rear lights

2. When I render a room inside a house in example, its very dark even tho I make a sun outside of the house. Is there a way to turn on lamps inside the house? Like turn on a modelled lamp? O__O" Also why has this have to happen? What do I have to do?

3. How can I improve my overall rendering?

here is a pic also rendered with Indigo renderer which Im using. How do I render high quality models like this plane? What do I have to do to unleash this power from the renderer on the cars??

I would appreciate any kind of response. Thanks in advance

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[Marian]

For headlights put some very reflective material inside them, like chrome for example.

[kralj]

so its just that? chrome and you'll see through the black glass/plastic?

[Marian]

@kralj said:

so its just that? chrome and you'll see through the black glass/plastic?

It depends on the material's properties how well you see through them,you should try more materials and tweak their settings, but basically to see inside you need a clear glass material, a reflective chrome like material on the inside and or an emissive material for the lights.