Lights

Lighting jewelry is aiming: a stone only fires when a light hits it from the right angle, and a bezel only shows its polish when something bright reflects in it. These commands come in two groups — the light types you place, and the aiming tools that point them exactly where you want.

Light types

• Point LightLight in every direction from one point, like a bare bulb.
• Directional LightParallel rays like the sun: even light across the whole scene.
• Rectangular LightA glowing panel like a softbox, for broad reflections on metal.
• Linear LightA tube of light between two points for long highlight streaks.

Aiming and editing

• Light PropertiesOpens the light's properties: intensity, color and shadows.
• Edit Light by Highlight LocationClick where the highlight should land and the light moves there.
• Edit Light by LookingFly the spotlight like a camera until it sees the right spot.
• Set Spotlight to ViewThe spotlight takes the camera's position and target.
• Set View to SpotlightLook through the spotlight to check what it is lighting.