Point Light

The following parameters are available when creating Max Point Light in Vantage or importing it from 3ds Max.

Enabled – Turns on and off the point light.

Color – Changes the color of the point light. See the Color example below.

Intensity – Specifies the intensity of the point light's brightness. See the Intensity example below.

Decay type – Sets the type of decay (reduces a light's intensity over distance) to use for the light.

None – No decay is applied and the light maintains full strength to infinity unless Far attenuation is enabled.
Inverse – Applies an inverse decay where luminance value is calculated by the formula luminance=R ₀ /R. R₀ is the Near attenuation end value of the light if enabled and R is the radial distance of the illuminated surface from R₀.
Inverse square –Applies an inverse-square decay where luminance value is calculated by the formula luminance=(R ₀ /R)². R₀ is the Near attenuation end value of the light if enabled and R is the radial distance of the illuminated surface from R₀.

Decay start – Specifies the distance at which the light begins to decay. Value is ignored if Near attenuation is enabled.

Projector tex – Specifies the texture that would be used for color projection.

Load projector tex – Opens a browse window to load the texture to be used for projection.

Image gamma – Specifies the color space for the loaded Projector tex.

sRGB – Sets the loaded projector texture to be interpreted in sRGB color space.
Linear – Sets the loaded projector texture to be interpreted in Linear color space.
Auto – Automatically determines the color transfer function. If a bitmap file name contains the string "_srgb", the transfer function is sRGB. If a bitmap file name contains the strings "_lin_srgb" or "raw", no correction is applied. For bitmap files with 8 bits per color component, 3 or 4 color components (like png, jpg, and other) and no suffix, the transfer function is sRGB. In all other cases, no correction is applied.

Near attenuation – Enables near attenuation for the light.

Near attenuation start – Sets the distance at which the light begins to fade in.
Near attenuation end – Sets the distance at which the light is at full intensity.

Far attenuation – Enables far attenuation for the light.

Far attenuation start – Sets the distance at which the light begins to fade out.
Far attenuation end – Sets the distance at which the light is at zero intensity.

Shadow shape – Specifies the shape for the light from which shadow rays are cast.

Box – Sets a box shape the light.
Sphere – Sets a sphere shape the light.

U size – Specifies the length of the box shape when Shadow shape is Box or the diameter of the sphere Shadow shape is Sphere.

V size – Specifies the width of the box shape when Shadow shape is Box.

W size – Specifies the height of the box shape when Shadow shape is Box.

Shadows – When enabled (the default), the light casts shadows. Turn this option off to disable shadow casting for the light. The value moves the shadow toward or away from the shadow-casting object(s). Higher values move the shadow toward the object(s), while lower values move it away. If this value is too extreme, shadows can "leak" through places they shouldn't or "detach" from an object. Other effects from extreme values include Moire patterns, out-of-place dark areas on surfaces, and shadows not appearing at all in the rendering. See the Shadows example below.

Affect diffuse – Determines whether the light affects the diffuse portion of the materials. The value controls the light's contribution to the diffuse portion of the materials. See the Affect Diffuse example below.

Affect specular – Determines whether the light affects the specular portion of the materials. The value controls the light's contribution to specular reflections. See the Affect Specular example below.

Use global mult. – When enabled, uses the Enable Lights value (Render tab > Advanced mode > Lighting rollout) as a multiplier to Intensity value. When disabled, the light is independent from the global multiplier.

Soft shadows – When enabled, the light shape is considered for illumination and the light is going to generate soft shadows. When disabled, the light is going to generate sharp shadows.

Area speculars – When enabled, the shape of the light is visible in the specular reflections. When disabled, the particular light is rendered as a point light in the specular reflections.

The following parameters are available when importing Point Lights from applications other than 3ds Max.

Enabled – Turns on and off the point light.

Color – Changes the color of the point light. See the Color example below.

Intensity – Specifies the intensity of the point light's brightness. See the Intensity example below.

Shadows – When enabled (the default), the light casts shadows. Turn this option off to disable shadow casting for the light. The value moves the shadow toward or away from the shadow-casting object(s). Higher values move the shadow toward the object(s), while lower values move it away. If this value is too extreme, shadows can "leak" through places they shouldn't or "detach" from an object. Other effects from extreme values include Moire patterns, out-of-place dark areas on surfaces, and shadows not appearing at all in the rendering. See the Shadows example below.

Affect diffuse – Determines whether the light affects the diffuse portion of the materials. The value controls the light's contribution to the diffuse portion of the materials. See the Affect Diffuse example below.

Affect specular – Determines whether the light affects the specular portion of the materials. The value controls the light's contribution to specular reflections. See the Affect Specular example below.

Use global mult. – When enabled, uses the Enable Lights value (Render tab > Advanced mode > Lighting rollout) as a multiplier to Intensity value. When disabled, the light is independent from the global multiplier.

Soft shadows – When enabled, the light shape is considered for illumination and the light is going to generate soft shadows. When disabled, the light is going to generate sharp shadows.

Area speculars – When enabled, the shape of the light is visible in the specular reflections. When disabled, the particular light is rendered as a point light in the specular reflections.