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■ Name and Color Rollout (Lights) on page 4972
■ General Parameters Rollout (Standard Lights) on page 5076
■ Intensity/Color/Attenuation Rollout (Standard Lights) on page 5083
■ Advanced Effects Rollout on page 5108
■ Shadow Parameters on page 5099
■ Directional Parameters on page 5088
Procedures
To create a target direct light:
1
On the Create panel, click Lights.
Standard is the default choice of light type.
2 In the Object Type rollout, click Target Direct.
3 Drag in a viewport. The initial point of the drag is the location of the
light, and the point where you release the mouse is the location of the
target.
The light is now part of the scene.
4 Set the creation parameters.
To adjust the light's direction, move the target object.
To change a viewport to a Light view:
1 Right-click the viewport label.
The viewport right-click menu is displayed.
2 Choose Views.
The name of each spotlight or directional light is displayed in the Views
list.
3 Choose the name of the light you want.
The viewport now shows the light's point of view. You can use the
Light
Viewport Controls
on page 7614 to adjust the light.
The default keyboard shortcut for switching to a Light viewport is $.
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