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Light Lister 1141
global light color, or the color of indiv idual lights.
The default setting, white, has no tinting effect.
Global Level—Increases or decreases the overall
lighting level for Standard lights. Default=1.0.
Note: This setting, designed for standard lights,
reduces t he level of photometric lights to near
darkness. If you have photometric lights in your
scene, leave this setting at the default.
Ambient Color—Changes the
ambient color (page
3–1002)
,thecolorseeninshadows.Clicktouse
the
Color Selector (page 1–157)
.
Lights rollout
This rollout is visible while All Lights or Selected
Lights is active on the Configuration rollout. Its
controls are for individual light objects. This
rollout displays two lists: one for standard lights,
and another for photometric lights.
Bl ank gray button (Select)—Click to select the
named light. This button turns white for selected
lights. Selecting a light opens the Modify panel for
that light. This button has a gray box in the middle
for the light t hat appears in the Modify panel. The
gray box appears whether the light is selected or
not.
Clicking Select deselects a ll other lights. If the
entry is for an instanced light, clicking Select
selects all instances (see the description of the
Name field that follows). If the light is part of
a group, the entire group is selected. If you are
in Selected Lights mo de (on the Configuration
rollout), the list of selected lights is
not
refreshed
automatically.
Note: Youcansetthecontrolsforalightwithout
select ing it.
Che ck boxTurns the light on or off. Default=on.
Name—Shows the name of the light object.
If there are multiple instances of a light, only one
entry appears in the Light Lister, and the Name
field b ecomes a drop-down list. The list lets you
see the names of all instances, but it has no other
effect: parameter changes made in the Light Lister
affect all instances of the light.
Multiplier—(Standard lights only.) Increases or
decreases the intensity of the light. Default=1.0.
Note: This control is unavailable if the light has a
procedural controller.
Intensity—(Photometric lig hts only.) Sets the light
intensity, in candelas. Default=1500.0.
Note: This control is unavailable if the light has a
procedural controller.
Co lorClick to display the
Color Selector (page
1–157)
and change the light color. Default=white.
Wa rn in g: Fo r photometric lights, this changes the filter
color,
not
the color temperature.
Shadows—
Turns shadow casting on or off.
Default=on.
Sha dow ty p e dr op-down li st Selects the shadow
type for the light.
Map Size—Available only when shadow map
shadowsison.Setsthesize(inpixelssquared)of
the shadow map used by all lig hts.
BiasSetting depends on which shadow type
is selected. In general, bias moves the shadow
toward or away from the shadow-casting object.
See
Shadow Map Parameters (page 2–1208)
and
Ray-Tr aced Shadow Parameters (page 2–1207)
for
specific effects.
Sm. R angeFor shadow-mapped shadows,
sets the Sample Range value. See
Shadow Map
Parameters (page 2–1208)
.Thisvaluehasnoeffect
for ray-traced shadows. Default=4.0.