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Use Presenter Lights
Lighting Tab
Like the Materials (page 552), Effects (page 583) and Rendering (page 590) tabs,
the Lighting tab is divided into two panes, with the archives on the left and
the palette on the right. The archive contains individual lights, as well as light
studios. A light studio is a combination of lights that work well together. The
palette contains all the lights that are active in the scene.
To apply a light to the scene, drag it from an archive into the palette, at which
point you can edit its parameters if required. The light is added to those already
in the scene.
To apply a light studio to the scene, drag it from an archive into the palette.
All the lights in the light studio replace those already in the scene. Light studios
are applied to the scene intelligently. The light studio is oriented and scaled
to match the scene to which it is being applied. You can also expand a light
studio in the archive and drag the lights into the palette individually. If you
do this, the lights are not oriented or scaled to match the scene.
Each light in the palette has a check box to turn the light on or off in the
scene.
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