Whenever I create a spotlight, I have to look all over to find it and this takes a lot of time to find it and then to reposition it. I would think that there is some simple way to have a spotlight show up in the center of the scene or something else easy. I thought that I would figure it out by now, but I still can't see any shortcuts. Has anyong found an easy way of adding new spotlights? I would appreciate help. Thanks.

I just set the x-y-z to zero for location and it appears. Probably not the most efficient way but it helps me locate the light. :)

There is a simple way to find it. Select your camera, then :

Object Menu --> Point At --> the new spotlight

Your camera will automatically point at the spotlight, and you'll see it in the center of the document window, provided nothing else is blocking the view.

Another tip: The light will set itself up to point at the currently selected figure when you create the light, so select an appropriate figure before creating the light. If you dont want the light to point at a figure then after creating it, be sure to go to "properties" and set "point at" to "none". Otherwise you will go crazy trying to move it while it fights you to point at the figure - sometimes it even appears to let you move it but then snaps back after you let go of the controls.

So that's what happens. I wondered what was going on. Thanks! I have the worst time with lights.

I've struggled with this problem since I started using Poser a year ago and posted at least once about the problem. Bryce has spoiled me, I guess, when it comes to ease of positioning cameras and lights. Now I pick one or two of the cameras that I seldom use anyway and position them as far away from the 'action' as I can. They are a great help in doing quick spotlight locating :)

Here's my technique, which works like a charm for me: Switch to the aux camera, pull back away from your scene. Create the spotlight. Set y-tran to 0.25, and x-tran to 0. That will usually bring it into view close to the ground, roughly centered in your scene. If it doesn't, try also setting the z-tran to 0. If THAT doesn't work, pull back a little more until you see it. Name your light so you won't confuse it with others, later. (CTRL+i on a PC brings up the dialog box where you can name the light.) Then set "point at." Switch back to the camera you're going to use at render time, and adjust the trans setting to your liking. I also find the aux and top view cameras very useful for placing objects.

What I do is I select the "from top camera view" and zoom out; from there you can see'em, move'em, aim'em real easy. All you have to do is go back to main view to see your results. Viola!

Maybe misery loves company. I am not alone in my struggles. So apparently there is no one adjustment to solve the problem!That is a relief, actually, because I kept feeling I must be dumb. Putting all these suggestions together, it seems the best thing to do is set up a system. I will start out selecting top camera and set it to 5000 scale. Then when a light pops up I will see it. Then I will set the x and z coordinates to zero and set the y to about .25 or .3 That will get the lights at least into the area where I am working.Then I can take it from there. The pointing at figure business is a good tip. I had not noticed it. You know, all this should have been in the Poser handbook. If it is, I missed it. I wonder how many hours have been wasted by how many people struggling with this problem. Anyway, thank you all very much. I feel that this helps me get on the right track.