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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.
Blank 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 that appears in
the Modify panel. The gray box appears whether the light is selected or not.
Clicking Select 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 light 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 You can set the controls for a light without selecting it.
Check 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 intensity of the
light. Default=1.0.
NOTE This control is unavailable if the light has a procedural controller.
Intensity (Photometric lights only.) Sets the light intensity, in candelas.
Default=1500.0.
NOTE This control is unavailable if the light has a procedural controller.
Color Click to display the
Color Selector on page 391 and change the light
color. Default=white.
WARNING For photometric lights, this changes the filter color, not the color
temperature.
Shadows Turns shadow casting on or off. Default=on.
Shadow type drop-down list Selects the shadow type for the light.
Map Size Available only when shadow map shadows is on. Sets the size (in
pixels squared) of the shadow map used by all lights.
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