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Light Lister 1287
global light color, or the color of individual lights.
The default setting, white, has no tinting effect.
Global Level—Increases or decreases the overall
lighting level for Standard lig hts. Default=1.0.
Note: This setting , desig ned for standard lig hts,
reduces the 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
3–908), the color seen in shadows. Click to use the
Color Selector (page 1–161).
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 a nother 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 S elect deselects all 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 lig ht is part of
a group, the entire group is selected. If you are
in Selected Lights mode (on the Configuration
rollout), the list of selected lights is not refreshed
automatically.
Note: Youcansetthecontrolsforalightwithout
select ing it.
Che ck box—Turns 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 becomes 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 intensit y of t he light. Default=1.0.
Note: This control is unavailable if the lig ht has a
procedural controller.
Intensity—(Photometric lights only.) Sets the lig ht
intensity, in candelas. Default=1500.0.
Note: This control is unavailable if the lig ht has a
procedural controller.
Co lor—Click to display the Color Selector (page
1–161) and change t he light color. Default=white.
Wa rn in g : For photometric lights, this ch anges the filter
color, not the color temperature.
Shadows—
Turns shadow casting on or off.
Default=on.
Sha dow ty p e dr op-down l i st —Selects the shadow
type for the light.
Map Size—Av ailable only when shadow map
shadowsison.Setsthesize(inpixelssquared)of
the shadow map used by all lights.
Bias—Setting 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 2–1363) and
Ray-Traced Shadow Parameters (page 2–1363) for
specific effects.
Sm. R ange—For shadow-mapped shadows,
sets the Sample Range value. See Shadow Map
Parameters (page 2–1363). This value has no effect
for ray-traced shadows. Default=4.0.