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Lumion 3D Cookbook

By : Ciro Cardoso
Book Image

Lumion 3D Cookbook

By: Ciro Cardoso

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Lumion 3D Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Configuring the properties of light


The control we have over the lights placed in our scene is amplified and taken to the next level with the use of the Edit properties menu. Lumion's light that offers more control is the spotlight, and this recipe is going to cover how we can tweak this light, use some techniques to improve our workflow, and improve the efficiency when lighting interior scenes.

Getting ready

If you are following the previous recipes, you should have now a nighttime scene with some spotlights and light fill placed. We are going to use these lights to explain how we can configure the light properties.

How to do it…

To configure the light properties, perform the following steps:

  1. To configure the properties of a spotlight or any other light, you need to ensure that the Objects menu is open and the Lights and special objects button selected.

  2. After following the previous step, locate and select the Edit properties button, which is shown in the following screenshot:

  3. The next step is...