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creat ion parameters. See Animating Lights
(page 2–1282).
•YoucanusethePlace Highlight (page 1–467)
command to change a light’s position. See
the Procedures i n Working w ith Lig hts (page
2–1274).
•ALight viewport (page 3–750) can b e a useful
way to adjust lig hts other than omni lights.
• To simulate sunlight, use a daylight or sunlight
system (page 1–418),whichallowsyoutoset
the date, time, and geographic location of your
model. The daylight system is photometric,
while the sunlight system uses a standard
directional li g ht.
Note: The standard Skylight (page 2–1296) li ght
is d istinct from the photometric daylight lights.
The Skylight light is for use with light tracing
(page 3–44).
See also
Working with Lights (page 2–1274)
Using Lights (page 2–1274)
Light Include/Exclude Tool (page 2–1283)
Light Lister (page 2–1285)
Animating Lights (page 2–1282)
Na me a nd Color R oll out (Light s)
Create panel > Lights > Create a light. > Name and Color
rollout
Create menu > Photometric Lights > Create a light. >
Modify panel > Name and Color rollout
Create a light. > M odify panel > Name and Color rollout
The Name And Color rollout lets you change the
name and geometry color of a light. Changing
the color of the light geometry can be useful when
working with many lights. For example, in a scene
w ith many different t ypes of lights, you could
make all spotlights red, and all omni lights blue to
easily distinguish them.
Changing a light’s geometry color has no effect on
the color of the light itself. You can set the color
the light emits on its Intensity/Color/Distribution
rollout (page 2–1352) (for photometric lights),
or its Intensity/Color/Attenuation rollout (page
2–1345) (for standard lights).
Procedure
To change the color of a li ght ’s geometry :
1.
Create or select a light in your scene.
2. IntheNameandColorrollout,clickthecolor
swatch to open a Color Selector (page 1–161).
3. Choose a new color and click OK.
Tochangethenameofalight:
1.
Create or select a light in your scene.
2. IntheNameandColorrollout,clickthename
field and enter the new name , then press the
Enter key.
The light’s name has changed.
Interfa ce
Name—Thenameoftheselectedlight.
Note: When you rename a target-type light, the
target object wil l be renamed to match the light.
Co lor—The color of the light’s geometry.
(This has no effect on the color the ligh t emits.)