Working with Lights in 2D View

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Wireframe Display Mode	State or Action	Comments
	Deselected light is off.	Represented in shaded yellow.
	Selected light is off.	Represented in shaded yellow, circled in black.
	Deselected light is on.	Represented in bright yellow with thin black circle.
	Selected light is on.	Represented in dark orange with thick black circle.
	Move a light.	Move the yellow point(s), depending on the type of light.
1 2 3 4	Multiple duplication of a light.	Press the Shift+Alt keys and draw out a (green) line. Use the handles of the red tangents to change the shape of the line. Hit the "plus" key to indicate the number of copies (blue T points). Press the "minus" key to remove them. Confirm by hitting Enter.
	Duplication options in path editing. When the path is created, right clicking on the green line displays a contextual menu.	This allows you to Add or Remove a control point, Lock or Unlock a tangent, to Close/Open the path.
	Add a control point.	The new control point can be moved and its tangents edited.
	Unlock a tangent.	To Create an Inflection Point:
	The result after the multiple duplication is completed.	Duplicated lights are directed according to the path.
1 2 3	Make multiple duplications of more than one light.	Select lights belonging to the same group: Ctrl+click the lights. Press the Shift+Alt keys and draw out a (green) line. Hit the "plus" key to indicate the number of copies (pink points). Press the "minus" key to remove them. Confirm by hitting Enter. NB: The duplicated lights retain the parameters of the reference light (power, shadows, etc.).

Wireframe Display Mode

State or Action

Comments

Deselected light is off.

Represented in shaded yellow.

Selected light is off.

Represented in shaded yellow, circled in black.

Deselected light is on.

Represented in bright yellow with thin black circle.

Selected light is on.

Represented in dark orange with thick black circle.

Move a light.

Move the yellow point(s), depending on the type of light.

Multiple duplication of a light.

Press the Shift+Alt keys and draw out a (green) line.
Use the handles of the red tangents to change the shape of the line.
Hit the "plus" key to indicate the number of copies (blue T points). Press the "minus" key to remove them.
Confirm by hitting Enter.

Duplication options in path editing.

When the path is created, right clicking on the green line displays a contextual menu.

This allows you to Add or Remove a control point, Lock or Unlock a tangent, to Close/Open the path.

Add a control point.

The new control point can be moved and its tangents edited.

Unlock a tangent.

To Create an Inflection Point:

The result after the multiple duplication is completed.

Duplicated lights are directed according to the path.

Make multiple duplications of more than one light.

Select lights belonging to the same group:
Ctrl+click the lights.

Press the Shift+Alt keys and draw out a (green) line.
Hit the "plus" key to indicate the number of copies (pink points). Press the "minus" key to remove them.
Confirm by hitting Enter.

NB: The duplicated lights retain the parameters of the reference light (power, shadows, etc.).

Contextual Menu

Right click on a light.

Turn On/Off

Turns the current light on/off.

NB: Selecting more than one light enables you to turn them on/off at the same time.

Duplicate

Hit the Alt key to move the yellow point.

Right click on the yellow point and select "Duplicate" in the pop-up menu.

NB: The duplicated light retains the parameters of the reference light (power, shadows, etc.).

Cut

Deletes the current light, but holds it in the memory so it can later be pasted into a light group from the lights list. (To paste into the lights list, right click on the name of a group and select Paste).

Copy

Copies the current light without deleting it. It is held in the memory so it can later be pasted into a light group on the lights list. (To paste into the lights list, right click on the name of a group and select Paste).

NB: Selecting more than one light enables you to copy them at the same time.

Paste Light

Delete

Right click on the light and then select "Delete" in the pop-up menu. The light is deleted. To recover the light, Undo Delete Lights.

Edit View Using This Light

Right click on the light. In the pop-up menu, choose "Edit View Using This Light". Select the name of the view.

NB: The inspector palette switches from Lights mode to Viewpoints mode (Perspectives or Parallel Views).

Move To

Choose another layer to store the light.

Example

Artlantis User Guide:Working with Lights in 2D View