[Paraview] light source control - is it available ?

[Moreland, Kenneth]

Yes and no.  You do not have full control of the lighting, but you have several options.  These are located in the "view options" dialog box, which can be accessed by clicking one of those little icons in the bar directly over the 3D rendering or by using the menu Edit -> View Settings.  In the dialog box, click Lights.

The default light is a simple headling.  All you can control for that is the intensity.

The other lights are part of the "light kit" helper.  This sets up a collection of lights similar to the lights you would normally find in a photography studio.  They are designed to bring out the shading of surfaces better, and I usually recommend them over the default light.  If you don't like the way they are set up, there are a plethera of controls to change the individual lights position, color, and intenisty.

-Ken

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From: paraview-bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org [paraview-bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org] On Behalf Of andrea giacomelli [pibinko at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:44 AM
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Subject: [Paraview] light source control - is it available ?

Hi - apologies if this may be obvious to many.

I'm not sure if within Paraview there is a way to change the light source in the scene ...

I am using the 3.2.1. version on Windows.

I did a quick scan on mail archives etc, and I found old (<2 years) references mentioning that this was in the works, but I'm not sure if it was eventually implemented and is made available from the Win binaries.

Thanks for the clarification, and regards

Andrea Giacomelli
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