Change Light
Type from Spotlight to Area Light.
2. Change the Light Intensity setting to 60%. Keeping the default 100% Light
Intensity setting would be too bright, and the image would appear washed out.
Area lights are much ???hotter??? than spotlights and also give you more control.
3. Move the Light Properties panel aside and return to Layout.
4. If the new area light is not selected, select it and change your Layout view to
Perspective to get an overall view of the scene. Figure 4.27 shows the Perspective
view. The area light appears as a box outline. This light is already positioned
above and to the left of the teacup object. It??™s here because you originally set the
key light in this position. All you??™ve done now is change the type of light you??™re
using. Everything else, such as position and rotation, has remained the same.
Figure 4.27 The single area light can create beautiful shadows, even on a simple object.
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5. In Layout??™s Render tab, click
Render Globals and then, on the
Render Globals panel??™s Render
tab, check Ray Trace Shadows to
have LightWave calculate shadows
for the area light, as shown
in Figure 4.
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