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You can also use the Rotate tool to center the eye-point more accurately
in the lamp housing.
An alternative way to position a spotlight is to select the light and then
select Panels > Look Through Selected. You can then dolly and pan the
view to focus on the desired surface. The area of focus is where the light
strikes the surface. To return to the perspective view select Panels >
Perspective > persp.
6 If you render the scene, youll notice that the spotlight lights up a circular
region on both the desk and the floor.
By default, light passes through and lights up each surface in its path.
The circular region of light is wider on the floor than the desk because a
spotlight emits a beam of light that widens with distance.
Only the floor, not the desk, will be lit by the spotlight in the scene view.
Youll see the desk lit up only if you render the scene.
7 You can prevent the light from passing through the table. With the light
selected, display the Attribute Editor. Open its Shadows section and then
the Depth Map Shadow Attributes section, then turn on Use Depth Map
Shadows. Rendering creates this result:
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