In our story, we want the lighting to start at night and progress through dawn to daylight. We'll do it by manipulating the Directional Light, Skybox Material, and a Spot Light.
For dramatic effect, let's make the scene slowly fade from night to daytime. We will turn off the Directional Light at the start and slowly increase its Intensity:
- Select
BlackbirdController
inHierarchy
and open theTimeline Editor
window - Drag the
Directional Light
object fromHierarchy
onto theTimeline
- Press its
Record
button - Ensure the
Playhead
is at0:00
- Select the
Directional Light
inHierarchy
and change itsIntensity
parameter to0
- Move the
Playhead
to the40:00
second mark - Set the
Intensity
to1
The Directional Light's Animation Track with the Intensity parameter curve is shown here:
Other parameters of the light could also be animated, including its Color and the Transform Rotation angles. Just imagine the possibilities!
Let's also add a Point Light. For dramatic effect,...