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■ 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 free direct light:
1
On the Create panel, click Lights.
Standard is the default choice of light type.
2 In the Object Type rollout, click Free Direct.
3 Click a viewport.
The light is now part of the scene. It points away from you in the viewport
you clicked.
4 Set the creation parameters.
To adjust the light's direction, you can rotate it as you would any 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 appears 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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