Manual/Sun Lamp
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Sun Lamp
Mode: All Modes
Panel: Shading/Lamp Context
Hotkey: F5
Description
A Sun lamp provides light of constant intensity emitted in a single direction. In the 3D view the Sun light is represented by an encircled black dot with rays emitting from it, plus a dashed line indicating the direction of the light. This direction can be changed by rotation the sun lamp, as any other object, but because the light is emitted in a constant direction, the location of a sun lamp does not affect the rendered result.
Options
- Energy (0.0 - 10.0)
- The intensity of the sun lamp's illumination
- Color
- The color of the sun lamp's illumination
Examples
In this rendering the light comes from a constant direction and has a uniform intensity. Notice also, that the white specular highlight on each sphere is in the exact same place; discounting of course the perspective effect from the camera's position being so close to the spheres. This means the actual location of the Sun light itself is not important.
Hints
A Sun lamp can be very handy for a uniform clear day-light open-space illumination.
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