Lights are objects that simulate real lights such as household or office lamps, the light instruments used in stage and film work, and the sun itself. Different kinds of light objects cast light in different ways, emulating different kinds of real-world light sources.

Lighting plays a critical part of any Max scene. Understanding the lighting can make a big difference in the overall feeling and mood of your rendered scenes. Create a blinking lights like in discos or changing the color of the light on every alternate frame is very tedious task but that can be achieved easily through motion capture. Following 2 tutorials will show you (without audio) how to change the light color and light intensity using motion capture.


Change Light Intensity Video: 7 MB



Change Light Color Video: 11 MB

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