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Chapter 24: Simulated Lighting
Fig. 24.18: 
The LEM renders the counter.
Irp Light Fixture Libraries
Many IRPs—including Shaderlight, SU Podium, and Twilight Render—have stock lighting 
fixtures that can be downloaded from their websites or from 3D Warehouse. Stock lights are 
ready to render. Simply download and place them into your model for use (Fig. 24.19).
Fig. 24.19: 
Shaderlight premade lighting components on 3D Warehouse

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Part 5: The Iterative Rendering Process
placing and editing Lights
With some variation, the approach to inserting and placing each simulated light type is 
similar in the different IRPs. Inserted lights appear as small balls or object groups that can be 
moved around the model (Fig. 24.20).
Fig. 24.20: 
Simulated lighting menus for Twilight Render v1, SU Podium v2, and Shaderlight
placing Lights on Layers
Before you add any lights to the model, create a new layer called “Lights” and make it the active 
layer (see Chapter 14). Make sure that lights are inserted onto that layer (Twilight does this 
automatically). Using layers will make it easier 
for you to locate lighting in the model and make 
adjustments (Fig. 24.21).
editing Simulated Lights
Each IRP comes with a menu that allows you to 
edit the simulated light settings (Fig. 24.20). 
Simply select the placed light, and adjust the light 
strength and color from the IRP Properties menu. 
Adjusting a light inserted into a component 
will adjust all versions of that light in similar 
components.
Fig. 24.21: 
Create layers for the lights before you insert 
them into the model. Insert the lights onto those layers.

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