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Volume Light Environment Effect 289
Pr ocedur es
To use volume light:
1.
Create a scene with lights.
2. Create a Camera or Perspective view of your
scene.
Avoid making the view axis parallel to the
cone of a spotlight. This tends to create only
a washed-out scene, possibly with rendering
artifacts.
3. Choose Rendering > Env ironment.
4. Under Atmosphere on the Environment panel,
click Add.
TheAddAtmosphericEffectdialogisdisplayed.
5. Choose Volume Light, and then click OK.
6. Click Pick Light, a nd then click a light in a
v iewport to add the light to the list of volume
lights.
Yo u c a n a l s o u s e a Select Objects dialog (page
1–78) to select multiple lights. Click Pick Light,
and then press
H to display the dialog.
7. Set the parameters for volume light.
To add a light to the list:
1.
Click Pick Light.
2. Click the light in a viewport.
To remove a light from the list:
1.
Openthelistofvolumelights.
2. Choosethelightyouwanttoremovethe
volume light effect from.
3. Click Remove Light.
To assign volume light to a light through the Modify
pan el:
1.
Open the Modify panel of a light.
2. Open the Atmospheres & Effects rollout.
3. Click Add.
4. Select Volume Light from the Add At mosphere
or Effect dialog and click OK.
5. Highlight Volume Light from the Atmospheres
& Effects list and click setup to adjust the
Volume Lig ht parameters.
Note: Vo l u m e L i g h t s d o n’ t s u pp o r t n e g a t ive
multiplier values.
Interfa ce
The Volume Light Parameters rollout appears
when you select Volume Light under Effects in the
Environment d ialog. It has the following controls.