Hi,

Is there any way to co-align a light to a camera such that when the camera moves, the light shines on what the camera is pointing at? You can sort of do the same with the shadow cameras, but there you move the light (which is not as easy to do) and the camera follows.

Also, is there a simple way of removing all lights from a scene, and also of hiding all clothing handles?

thanks

You can parent the light to the camera.

1. Set up the scene with the camera and lights as required.
2. Select a light and in its properties set it to be a spotlight. This will now allow you to use the "Parent" button. Parent it to the required camera.
3. Set the light back to the original type. It will still be parented to the camera.
4. Repeat for all lights.

I have my default lights parented to the main camera. In this way as I'm working on a figure I can look all round it without worrying about loosing detail in the shadows. I have other presets for the head and hands.

The Poser Tool Box has a tool to remove all the lights in a scene.

Quote - You can parent the light to the camera.

1. Set up the scene with the camera and lights as required.
2. Select a light and in its properties set it to be a spotlight. This will now allow you to use the "Parent" button. Parent it to the required camera.
3. Set the light back to the original type. It will still be parented to the camera.
4. Repeat for all lights.

I have my default lights parented to the main camera. In this way as I'm working on a figure I can look all round it without worrying about loosing detail in the shadows. I have other presets for the head and hands.

The Poser Tool Box has a tool to remove all the lights in a scene.

Thanks. I'm planing on doing a scene with a character holding a parasol to block out the sun, and it would be a lot easier if I could make sure that the sun was shining in the direction of the parasol.

Practical Poser 6 implies that there is a built-in python script to remove the lights, and that was making me very confused when I couldn't find it. I will try the toolbox.

In Poser 6, goto Window->Python Scripts, then when the Python Scripts box comes up, click on Utility Funcs and in the next menu there is the Delete all lights script.