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Volume Light Environment Effect 285
Pr ocedur es
To use volume light:
1.
Create a scene with lights.
2. Create a Camera or Perspective view of your
scene.
Avoid making the v iew axis parallel to the
cone of a spotlight. This tends to create only
a washed-out scene, possibly with rendering
artifacts .
3. Choose Rendering > Environment.
4. Under Atmosphere on the Environment panel,
click Add.
TheAddAtmosphericEffectdialogisdisplayed.
5. Choose Volume Light, and then click OK.
6. Click Pick Light, and then click a lig ht in a
v iewport to add the light to the list of volume
lights.
You can also use a Select By Name dialog to
select multiple lights. Click Pick Light, and then
press H to display the dialog.
7. Set the p arameters for volume lig ht.
To add a light to the list:
1.
Click Pick Light.
2. Click the light in a viewport.
To remove a light from the list:
1.
Openthelistofvolumelights.
2. Choosethelightyouwanttoremovethe
volume lig ht effect from.
3. Click Remove Light.
To assign volume light to a light through the Modify
pan el:
1.
Open the Modify panel of a light.
2. Open the Atmospheres & Effects rollout.
3. Click Add.
4. Select Volume Light f rom the Add Atmosphere
or Effect dialog and click OK.
5. Highlight Volume Light from the Atmospheres
& Effects list and click setup to adjust the
Volume Light parameters.
Note: Volu m e Li g h t s don’ t supp o r t n e g a t i v e
multiplier values.
Interfa ce
The Volume Light P arameters rollout appears
when you select Volume Light under Effects in the
Env i ronment dialog. It has the following controls.