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RENDERUSERLIGHTS
Controls whether to override the setting for viewport lighting during
rendering.
Use Spotlights
A spotlight can be directed towards an object.
Spotlights
A spotlight distribution casts a focused beam of light like a flashlight, a follow
spot in a theater, or a headlight. A spotlight emits a directional cone of light.
You can control the direction of the light and the size of the cone. Like a point
light, a spot light can be manually set to attenuate its intensity with distance.
However, a spotlight's intensity will also always attenuate based on the angle
relative to the spot's target vector. This attenuation is controlled by the hotspot
and falloff angles of the spotlight. Spotlights are useful for highlighting specific
features and areas in your model. A free spotlight (FREESPOT) is similar to
spotlight. A spotlight has target properties.
Spotlights in Photometric Workflow
In photometric workflow, the hotspot intensity falls to 50 percent. The hotspot
for standard lighting is at 100 percent. At its falloff angle, intensity of the
spotlight falls to zero. Additional properties become available for a point light
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