Gold sphere is black

Gold sphere is black

If I create a sphere and then apply the gold material, it seems like the sphere shows up as black. Does anyone know why this happens and how to make the sphere show up as gold?

Thank you.

Hi and Welcome!
Unfortunately, this is the most common mistake new users make.
You may want to know that all translucent (glass/dielectric shader) and reflective (metal shader) materials need environments to work correctly. Please check out some files from the Help-menu like: Cheetah3d samples->Rendering->Pig.jas to have a closer look how it works in action.

Cheers
Frank

I maintain that if C3D's "camera light" were an HDRI a lot of people would have happier introductions to C3D.

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podperson said:

I maintain that if C3D's "camera light" were an HDRI a lot of people would have happier introductions to C3D.

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