General Lighting Trouble

[Mike Starner]

ok, so i'm having a ton of trouble figuring out lighting. i need to figure it out to set up a replica of the lighting in the school's auditorium. I have all the lights in place, but i can not figure out how to set their beams. i need to know how to do this, so i can place the proper order for new lighting, instead of over or under estimating, and messing up the order. if you could please help me soon, that would be fantastic.

thanks in advance!

Mike

[michaelk]

Mike

I assume you are using spotlight instruments? And not regular generic lights?

If so, make sure they are in the correct 3D height.

Then insert a Focus Point Object for each area. Then assign each light to one of the focus points.

Then you can select a fixture and turn on "Draw Beam" in the instrument's OIP and it will show you the beam for that instrument or group of instruments.

hth

mk

[Tamsin Slatter]

If you click Edit Light on the Object Info palette, you can control the beam and field angle for each light.