mikeihde opened this issue on Jul 26, 2011 · 9 posts
mikeihde posted Tue, 26 July 2011 at 5:40 PM
Using "point at" is fine but when the figure is really far away from where she started, the lights that used to light her from the front are now pointing at her from far away and from the side.
How can I make the lights lock onto her and stay at the same angle when I move her? Also, will new lights added after a move go back to the center or will they be in the proper position for her new location?
LaurieA posted Tue, 26 July 2011 at 6:08 PM
Parent the lights to the figure. In the properties panel for the light, second tab.
Laurie
Rance01 posted Tue, 26 July 2011 at 6:33 PM
Can you not parent the light object to the figure you are using? Either that or parent a third object to her and the light to THAT object.
I'll have to play around for a minute and see what I can come up with.
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Rance01 posted Tue, 26 July 2011 at 6:34 PM
Sorry,
Got caught on the telephone and cross posted with Laurie ;)
Acadia posted Tue, 26 July 2011 at 6:51 PM
Sometimes I parent my lights to a poser primitive ball and that way I just have to move the ball.
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi
Rance01 posted Tue, 26 July 2011 at 8:00 PM
Yea, Acadia,
That's kind of what I was getting at. Sometimes you can use a 'control object' and parent that to the main figure. Then you can animate the figure and have an extra level of animation/pose control with the control prop.
There's always a number of ways to skin a cat. Not that any users here go around skinning cats. Sorry, shouldn't have used that phrase ...
Best Wishes,
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lesbentley posted Tue, 26 July 2011 at 9:00 PM
Infinite lights can't be parented, but if you convert them to spotlights, you can parent them, then convert them back to infinite. They will stay parented.
Acadia posted Tue, 26 July 2011 at 9:08 PM
Quote - Infinite lights can't be parented, but if you convert them to spotlights, you can parent them, then convert them back to infinite. They will stay parented.
What a good tip!
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi
LaurieA posted Wed, 27 July 2011 at 12:03 AM
Thanks Les..I totally didn't know that ;).
Laurie