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Chapter 20: Using Lights and Basic Lighting Techniques

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When a light is added to the scene, the default lights are automatically turned off. To provide any additional light-
ing, add some Omni lights above the car. n
4. Select the Volume Light effect in the list within the Atmospheres and Effects rollout, and click the
Setup button. The Environment dialog box opens, in which you can edit the Volume Light
parameters for the newly created light. Set the Density value to 100.
5. Now create three more headlights. To do this, select both the first spotlight object and its target,
and create a cloned copy by holding down the Shift key while moving it toward the right head-
light. Position the other spotlights so that they shine outward from the other headlights.
Figure 20.16 shows the resulting car with its headlights illuminated.

FIGURE 20.16
The car now has headlights, thanks to spotlights and the Volume Light effect.

Tutorial: Creating laser beams
Laser beams are extremely useful lights. From your CD-ROM drive to your laser printer, lasers are found
throughout a modern-day office. They also are great to use in fantasy and science fiction images. You can
easily create laser beams using direct lights and the Volume Light effect. In this tutorial, you’ll add some
lasers to the spaceship model created by Viewpoint Datalabs.
To add some laser beams to a scene, follow these steps:
1. Open the Spaceship laser.max file from the Chap 20 directory on the DVD.
This file includes a spaceship model.

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