Spot00080.pngFanning the focus of lighting devices

Command

Path

Shortcut

Focus Lighting Devices

       Spotlight

       Context menu

       Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F (Windows)

       Cmd+Shift+Option+F (Mac)

The Focus Lighting Devices command spreads, or “fans,” the focus of a selection of lighting devices. Multiple fan types are available. You can independently fan the tilt and pan angles using slider controls, or enter angle values to make fine adjustments. These changes apply to the lighting devices’ starting pan and tilt angles. If needed, click Pick Focus to set a shared focus for all of the lights prior to fanning. To restore each device to its default focus position (with no pan or tilt applied), click Home Lighting Device.

A dynamic preview of the beam angle and centerline shows how each light will be focused when the dialog box closes. You can automatically create a focus point object for each lighting device.

1.      Select the lighting devices.

2.Select the command.

The Focus Lighting Devices dialog box opens.

3.If needed, set a starting focus location.

       To reset the lights to their default focus, click Home Lighting Device.

       To focus all of the lights at the same point, click Pick Focus, and click in the drawing to define the shared focus.

4.Select the Fan Type for tilting the lights.

5.Use the slider to interactively change the tilt, or enter an angle value in the field.

6.Repeat steps 4 and 5 for panning.

7.Click OK to close the dialog box and apply the fanning, as previewed. Each lighting device’s Pan, Tilt, and Throw Distance values are updated on the Object Info palette; see Lighting device properties. If Create focus points was selected, a focus point object is created for each device.

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Focusing lighting devices

Focusing lighting devices from the Object Info palette

Creating a focus point object

Fanning the focus of lighting devices

Drawing light beam representations

Setting Spotlight rendering options