One or Two Default Lights
When you use default lighting, there is only one light.
However, you can customize the configuration so that
you can have two lights for default lighting.
To change to two default lights, in the main menu
bar choose Customize ??” Viewport Configuration. In the
Rendering Method tab, you can choose whether you
want one light or two lights in your default lights under
the Rendering Options heading. Figure 10.8 shows the
Viewport Configuration??™s Rendering Method tab.
A chessboard scene is included on the companion CD. To practice the lighting techniques as
you read through this chapter, load the Chess_Board_Start.max file in the Lighting Scene
Files folder.
3ds max lights ?– 461
Figure 10.8
You can choose
one or two lights
for your default
lighting.
462 ?– chapter 10: 3ds Max Lighting
Figure 10.9
The default light and
the viewpoint
In a single default light, you have a single key light. This light is linked to the viewport,
and it moves with the point of view. Setting up the default lighting to have two lights adds a
single fill light that is placed opposite the key light. The key is always placed in front of the
scene??™s object being viewed, on its upper-left side.
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