• | To adjust ambient lighting |
• | To disable ambient lighting |
• | To adjust shadows |
• | To add, remove, or modify a directional light source |
• | To adjust the intensity and brightness of directional light |
A brushstroke with ambient light (left) and without ambient light (right)
Shadow Strength values: low (left), high (right)
Setting the position and color of directional lights
When you disable the Simple lighting option, the lighting sphere appears with a single light indicator. You can then add more light sources and change their position.
The Thick Paint brushstrokes above use light sources with different colors.
To adjust ambient lighting |
1 . | Choose Canvas Surface Lighting. |
2 . | In the Ambient Lighting area, make sure that the Ambient light check box is enabled. |
3 . | Move the Brightness slider. |
To disable ambient lighting |
• | In the Surface Lighting dialog box (Canvas Surface Lighting), disable the Ambient light check box. |
To adjust shadows |
• | In the Surface Lighting dialog box (Canvas Surface Lighting), move the Shadow Strength slider. |
To add, remove, or modify a directional light source |
1 . | Choose Canvas Surface Lighting. |
2 . | In the Directional Lighting area, perform an action from the following table. |
Enable the Simple lighting check box, and click a light indicator on the lighting sphere.
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Disable the Simple lighting check box, and click on the lighting sphere where you want to add a new light source.
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Move the Light(s) slider to the left.
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Disable the Simple lighting check box, and move the Light(s) slider to the right.
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Click a light indicator, click the Light Color chip, and choose a color.
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To adjust the intensity and brightness of directional light |
1 . | Choose Canvas Surface Lighting. |
2 . | In the Directional Lighting area, adjust any of the following sliders: |
• | Brightness — controls how much light the light source contributes to the overall lighting color |
• | Concentration — adjusts the spread of the light over the surface |
• | Exposure — adjusts the overall lighting amount from darkest to brightest |