@MelodyJane posted a new topic, subject "Problem getting lights to work". It read:

   I can't figure out why, but the only light that will work in this file is the Sun. The other lights seem to do nothing. When I turn on Ambient Occlusion, everything brightens up, but still no shadows. I'm including the file in case anyone has time to take a look. I imagine it's something simple that I just don't know since I'm still very kathleen47@example.net. Thank you for your help!  
    Box_w_Lights.blend (856.2 KB)

@lucas.coutin replied

    Keep an eye for your scales, your object has 261 meters length and a square area light of 100m. You need to use proper measurements for correct lightning.
    
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    Box_w_Lights2.blend (899.0 KB)

@MelodyJane replied

    Thank you, Lucas, I really appreciate your help! I thought it was something like that, and I spent time playing with the size of the light, but I should have scaled down the object. I'm going to keep your file intact so I can always refer back to this when it comes up again, because it probably will


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