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Light Lister 1139
Current displayed light—
Names the currently
selected light.
Choose Light—Activates selection so you can
choose another light.
Cle ar Li g h t —Empties the Objects list, removing
anyincludedorexcludedobjectsassignedtothe
currently displayed lig ht.
Include, E xclude—Reverses the state of included or
excluded objects to receive light f rom the currently
displayed light.
Objects—Lists objects selected for inclusion or
exclusion by the currently displayed light.
Help—Provides a quick reminder of procedures.
Light Lister
Tools menu > Light Lister
Light Lister is a modeless dialog that lets you
control a number of features for each light. You
can also make global settings that affect every light
in your scene.
To display information, this dialog requires at least
one light object in your scene. For a selected lig ht,
this dialog is a shortcut to the same functionality
available on the Modify panel > Parameters
rollout. Global settings are duplicated on the
Environment panel (page 3–268) .
Note: TheLightListercannotcontrolmorethan
150 unique light objects at a time (instances of
a light don’t count). If there are more than 150
unique lights in your scene, the Lister displays
controls for the first 150 it finds, and a warning that
you should select fewer lights. Select fewer lights
and then use the Selected Lights configuration.
See also
Light Include/Exclude Tool (page 2–1137)
Procedures
To us e global settings:
1.
On the Light Lister dialog, on the Configuration
rollout, choose General Settings.
The General Settings rollout appears.
2. Make changes to the settings. See Interface,
below.
To set individual lights:
1.
On the Configuration rollout, choose All
Lights. The Lights rollout displays settings
for all the scene lights (subject to the limit of
150 lights descr ibed ab ove). Alternatively, you
can select the lights to adjust, and then on the
Configuration rollout choose Selected Lights.
Tip: If you change t he light selection, the Light
Lister does not update interactively. Click
Refresh to update the list.
2. OntheLightsrollout,changethesettingsfor
any l ight on the list. See Interface, below.
Some changes show up immediately in the
view por t.
Interfa ce
Configuration rollout
Chooseswhichlightsandcontrolstoaffect,and
lets you update light settings.
All Lights—TheLightsrolloutshowsalllightsin
the scene (subject to the 150-lig ht restriction,
described above).
Selected Lights—TheLightsrolloutshowsonly
selected lights.
Genera l S ettings—Displays the General Settings
rollout.