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General Category => Community Help => Topic started by: rubberDuck on August 16, 2016, 03:14:46 pm

Title: Attach lights to camera
Post by: rubberDuck on August 16, 2016, 03:14:46 pm: How can I attach lights to camera? I already tried Rendering Options->Attach Main Light To Camera but it doesn't seem to do anything. The light rig still won't follow the camera.
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: rubberDuck on September 01, 2016, 07:15:41 am: Bump.
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: haystax on September 03, 2016, 05:58:33 pm: I ran into this recently too, might be a regression worth mentioning in the Bugs section.
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: rubberDuck on September 03, 2016, 08:57:17 pm: Thanks for confirming the bug, Haystax. I guess the same thing happened to Vertex_Relax streamline tool as it also stopped working for some reason. I'll drop a report in the bugs sub-forum.
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: steve on September 03, 2016, 09:07:11 pm: "Rendering Options->Attach Main Light To Camera" only works on the physical camera (Geometry > create > Add camera), not on the viewport camera.
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: rubberDuck on September 03, 2016, 09:10:04 pm: Steve, physical camera cannot be rotated the way the viewport camera can, when I'm in look-through mode, am I right? I mean, it cannot be used as a replacement to viewport camera?
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: rubberDuck on September 03, 2016, 09:17:55 pm: The reason behind my hopes for a light rig following the viewport camera is that this way I could emulate MatCaps to some degree... ;)
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: steve on September 03, 2016, 09:20:29 pm: Quote from: rubberDuck on September 03, 2016, 09:10:04 pm
physical camera cannot be rotated the way the viewport camera can, when I'm in look-through mode, am I right?

Yes. You need to move the (physical)camera via manipulator.
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: rubberDuck on September 03, 2016, 09:25:51 pm: Quote from: steve on September 03, 2016, 09:20:29 pm
Quote from: rubberDuck on September 03, 2016, 09:10:04 pm
physical camera cannot be rotated the way the viewport camera can, when I'm in look-through mode, am I right?

Yes. You need to move the (physical)camera via manipulator.
Ah, that's a pity. :( So, I can only hope that IStonia could look into this and enable us a way of attaching the light rig to the viewport camera. But I guess nowadays he's busy working on Rocket 3F.

Thanks, Steve.
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: IStonia on September 10, 2016, 08:46:29 am: Try this
http://www.digitalfossils.com/Download/NVil-Sep-10-16.rar

* Edit > Customize > Tools > Rendering Options > Attach Lights To Viewport Camera.
* Edit > Customize > Tools > Rendering Options > Detach Lights Off Viewport Camera.
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: rubberDuck on September 12, 2016, 02:22:46 pm: Oh yes, this is perfect. Thank you!
Title: Re: Attach lights to camera
Post by: samardac on September 23, 2016, 12:58:49 pm: Yes, really great options!