Name and Color Rollout (Lights)

Command entry:

Create panel

(Lights)

Create a light.

Name and Color rollout

Command entry:Create menu

Lights

Photometric Lights or Standard Lights

Create a light.

Modify panel

Name and Color rollout

Command entry:Create a light.

Modify panel

Name and Color rollout

The Name And Color rollout lets you change the name and geometry color of a light. Changing the color of the light geometry can be useful when working with many lights. For example, in a scene with many different types of lights, you could make all spotlights red, and all omni lights blue to easily distinguish them.

Changing a light's geometry color has no effect on the color of the light itself. You can set the color the light emits on its Intensity/Color/Attenuation rolloutfor photometric lights, or the Intensity/Color/Attenuation rollout for standard lights.

Procedures

To change the color of a light’s geometry:

Create or select a light in your scene.
On the Name And Color rollout, click the color swatch to open a Color Selector.
Choose a new color and click OK.

To change the name of a light:

Create or select a light in your scene.
On the Name And Color rollout, click the name field and enter the new name, then press the Enter key.
The light's name has changed.

Interface

Name: The name of the selected light.

NoteWhen you rename a target-type light, the target object will be renamed to match the light.
Color: The color of the light’s geometry. This has no effect on the color the light emits.