The Light (V4) plug-in adds a new Viz Engine light onto a container.

More detailed information about how to use Lights in Viz is available at Light and Shadows in Viz in the Viz Artist User Guide.

Note: This plug-in is located in: Plugins -> Container plug-ins -> Global

Compatibility Info: This plug-in works in the Viz Engine Render Pipeline only!

Light (V4) Properties

Light Type: Selects what kind of light is applied to your container.
- Directional
- Point
- Spot
- Area
Color: Selects the color the light source emits.
Intensity: Determines the strength of the light source.
Diffuse Intensity: Determines how much light diffuse areas emit.
Specular Intensity: Determines how much specular areas of the source are affected. This is also important for Blooming Effects.
Radius: Defines the active area of a Point or Spotlight.
Outer and Inner Cone Angle: Defines the angle of a spot light’s beam (available to spot lights only).
Layer: Defines the layer, this light is active. See Light Layer plug-in.

Shadow Settings

Shadow On/Off: Generates shadows from the lights when set to On (this setting is not available on Area Lights).
Offset Factor: Defines the polygon offset factor for shadow rendering.
Offset Units: Defines the polygon offset units for shadow rendering.
Split Lambda: The value to blend between log and uniform cascade splitting.

Directional Spread: Influences the strength of your Global Illumination effect for this light source.
Radiosity Multiplier: Determines how strongly your Ambient Occlusion settings are applied.
Bake: Defines if your light is used as a real-time light or as a baked Global Illumination light.