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Subject: Moving point lights around- any good way to SEE them to place them accurately?

Eric Walters opened this issue on Jan 13, 2012 · 10 posts

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Eric Walters ( ) posted Fri, 13 January 2012 at 4:33 PM · edited Fri, 22 November 2024 at 1:09 PM

I've been trying to supplement my object based lighting-with point lights- I find the tiny circle icon very hard to see against most backgrounds- anyone have any suggestions?

Making a more visible icon- such as that in many other programs-would be a simple change to implement-I would think. Lightwave, Carrera, Vue, (Daz studio)- all have a very visible and easy icon that is a joy to see in your scene-and move to where you want it to be.

P10? Or a service release? I'll follow up and send the suggestion to Steve Cooper...

JimTS ( ) posted Fri, 13 January 2012 at 4:39 PM

Find the obj reference in the PZ3 and replace that obj with one you like or

scale up the icon in the parameters pallete

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Snarlygribbly ( ) posted Fri, 13 January 2012 at 4:48 PM

Just change the display style of the light to silhouette and scale it to a bigger size.

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vitachick ( ) posted Fri, 13 January 2012 at 4:50 PM

You can change the color so it stands out. Place then change to color you want is another suggestion.

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Eric Walters ( ) posted Fri, 13 January 2012 at 5:11 PM

Thanks Jim, Snarly, and vitachick! I'll give those a try!!

LaurieA ( ) posted Fri, 13 January 2012 at 9:16 PM

Advanced Light and Camera Guides at RDNA...not free, but they work really well. Also shows depth of field guide and light influence.

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anupaum ( ) posted Sun, 15 January 2012 at 3:46 PM

I always switch the camera to "top view" when placing point lights, then zoom in / out as necessary to see where the lights are. Then I move them manually.

LaurieA ( ) posted Sun, 15 January 2012 at 4:47 PM

You could also try scaling the lights up. You can increase the scale and it doesn't change the light settings.

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estherau ( ) posted Sun, 15 January 2012 at 4:55 PM

also in PP 2012 you can set the display to see real shadows and the preview looks quite a lot like what the final render will be, including the shadows.

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