changing multiple lights at once

#1

hi everyone

i have a stupid question…

if i have 10 area lights and i want to make them all point lights… how can i do it ?

obviously i can select them all and change the properties but it only changes the first one i
selected rather than changing them all… same issue in scene editor…

thanks for any tips
n

#2

You can do that in Scene Editor :).

#3

arrrgh

No way… really ?

how ? … everytime i try it only changes one of them…

thanks a lot
n

#4

Ok here is Quick VIDEO tutorial for you :slight_smile:

http://www.lewis.tomsoft.hr/temp/LW/LW_Light_change.mov (H.264 codec - 3,5MB)

cheers

#5

brilliant thank you…

however i do exactley the same in my scene editor and it doesnt work…

only changes 1 light…

how odd…

anyway thanks for the time and effort much appreciated…

cheers
n

#6

Be sure to click that small CUBE where numbers appear (1,2,3,4…) and not just light names/types :). Can you record video to show me how’s not working ? I never had problems with that so it’s weird that it’s not working for you :(.

EDIT:
I was changing hundreds (really i had to do it for 500+ lights) of Photometric lights in some of my scenes and i was changing light types or IES files and it worked fine :).

You are on Lw 9.6 - right ?

#7

thanks lewis

it turns out i was being a total retard !

hangs head in shame

:bowdown:

#8

I’m happy to hear it’s solved then :D.

cheers

#9

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