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Parented Spotlight Please, Please

vonHobovonHobo Posts: 1,715
edited December 2020 in The Commons

Is there any product that has a spotlight automatically parented to the figure and pointed to the head for portraits?

I've searched in vain.

I end up laboriously adding a spotlight to the scene and going though the following rigamarole every single time:

  1. Add spotlight
  2. "Point at" figure's head (itself taking about a dozen clicks to get through all the expand menus)
  3. Position spotlight near head
  4. Increase Lumens to 50000 (they are so dim by default)
  5. Adjust spread angle and intensity

There has to be a better way to accomplish a task that is so common.

Is there a product that does this?? I would purchase it in a New York Minute.

And trust me, I own about two dozen light products, and none of them do this, not even the products specifically labeled "Portrait Lights".

 

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Comments

  • ZiconZicon Posts: 388

    Legendary Lights has some auto-parenting spots.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,762

    Try saving a Wearables preset with the lights as you want them and parented to the figure's head - I've not tried, but there's no obvious (to me) reasone it wouldn't work.

  • vonHobovonHobo Posts: 1,715
    edited December 2020

    ziconin_9b28409da2 said:

    Legendary Lights has some auto-parenting spots.

    OMG! Why did I never see this product before! Thank You!!! 

    Update: I just purchased the Legendary Lights and the effect is just what I needed. So easy, one click. Thanks!

    Post edited by vonHobo on
  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,533

    I'd just look through the light to get the angle etc how you want then select the head in the power pose tab and then parent it, you could then save as a scene preset.

  • AscaniaAscania Posts: 1,855

    Use the Perspective View or a camera to  look at the figure's face.

    Add a spotlight. Open Options. Click "Apply Active Viewport Transformations". Click "Accept".

    Enjoy your new spotlight.

     

  • vonHobovonHobo Posts: 1,715

    Thank you for all the informative suggestions. There are so many ways to do this. 

    I didn't want to save my scenes with spotlights, because I use the renders one time, for my artwork reference. So I just needed a one-click solution.

    The Legendary Lights product is awesome and answered my prayers!

    https://www.daz3d.com/ptf-legendary-lights

     

  • GranvilleGranville Posts: 697

    Fabiana has some parented lights in her Heavens product at Rendo. They do a great job.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,846
    Still trying to figure out how adding a spot light is labor intensive.
  • vonHobovonHobo Posts: 1,715

    FSMCDesigns said:

    Still trying to figure out how adding a spot light is labor intensive.

    It's not. 

    However, adjusting it the way I want is. That's all.

    If you are happy with a spotlight on 0 Y 0 X and 0 Z then it's a piece of cake. :)

     

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,161

    Create a scene with spotlight all setup.  Add a Null and put it in the head of the person.  Parent the Spotlight to the Null.  Delete everything but the spotlight and Null.  Save the scene.  Then when you want a spotlight, just merge one into your scene and move the Null to the head of the person to be spotlighted.  You could have several, one on each person.

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