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Adjusting texture lighting

Lighting determines a large part of the final look of a texture. Bad lighting can obscure details in a pattern or surface. Good lighting, however, can add interesting highlights and enhance reflections.

You can use preset (simple) lighting or custom lighting. With simple lighting, you can choose one of eight preset lights. With custom lighting, you can add more lights, and you can move and delete light sources.

The lighting sphere shows all possible surface angles and how the lights illuminate them. The light indicators on the sphere show the position of all light sources.

The lighting sphere with a light indicator

You can also change the following light properties: brightness, concentration, and exposure. In addition, you can change a light’s color.

To adjust texture lighting Back to Top

 

Click a light indicator, and press Delete (macOS), or Backspace (Windows).
Move the Lights slider.
Click a lighting indicator, click the Light Color chip, and then choose a color.

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