You can do this by first selecting the Lights button at the bottom of
the LightWave Layout interface.
2. Press p to enter the light??™s Properties panel. You can also get to the properties by
clicking the Properties button at the bottom of Layout.
You will see a series of small buttons labeled E.As mentioned earlier, these let you
access envelopes, meaning their accompanying values can be animated??”changed
automatically over time, in the course of an animation.Anywhere you see them
throughout LightWave, they will guide you right back to the Graph Editor.However,
when you access the Graph Editor in this manner, you have control over only the
specific area from which you have selected an envelope, such as Light Color.
It??™s important to note that entering the Graph Editor by using the E buttons tells
LightWave that you want to perform a specific function. For example, if you click
the E button next to Light Color, you are telling LightWave that you want to animate
the Light Color, and the Graph Editor opens accordingly. Entering the Graph
Figure 6.61 Because multiple
keyframes are selected, the word
[mixed] represents different Frame
and Value areas.
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