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How to hide lights but keep them on

pauljacob11pauljacob11 Posts: 203
edited December 1969 in New Users

I'd like to keep the lights on but make the lamps invisible so they don't clutter the scene. Studio 462118.

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  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I do not think that is Possible. I could be wrong but I've never saw it if it is doable.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,613
    edited December 1969

    In the Scene tab, click the eye next to the light to make it invisible and/or click the check mark to make it unselectable.

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    fixmypcmike said:
    In the Scene tab, click the eye next to the light to make it invisible and/or click the check mark to make it unselectable.
    That turns the Light off in my DS not just Invisible as the User wants.
  • pauljacob11pauljacob11 Posts: 203
    edited December 1969

    Jaderail said:
    fixmypcmike said:
    In the Scene tab, click the eye next to the light to make it invisible and/or click the check mark to make it unselectable.
    That turns the Light off in my DS not just Invisible as the User wants.

    Yes I tried that but like Jaderail said, it turns the light off. I want the light on but the object (the picture of the light and its settings) hidden.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,613
    edited December 1969

    pauljacob11 said:
    Jaderail said:
    fixmypcmike said:
    In the Scene tab, click the eye next to the light to make it invisible and/or click the check mark to make it unselectable.
    That turns the Light off in my DS not just Invisible as the User wants.

    Yes I tried that but like Jaderail said, it turns the light off. I want the light on but the object (the picture of the light and its settings) hidden.

    Ah, right, try going to the Parameters tab and setting Visible = No but Visible in Render = Yes

  • pauljacob11pauljacob11 Posts: 203
    edited December 1969

    fixmypcmike said:
    pauljacob11 said:
    Jaderail said:
    fixmypcmike said:
    In the Scene tab, click the eye next to the light to make it invisible and/or click the check mark to make it unselectable.
    That turns the Light off in my DS not just Invisible as the User wants.

    Yes I tried that but like Jaderail said, it turns the light off. I want the light on but the object (the picture of the light and its settings) hidden.

    Ah, right, try going to the Parameters tab and setting Visible = No but Visible in Render = Yes

    Thanks fixmypcmike, that causes the scene to become black just like turning off the lights from the scene tab. Is it possible to turn on the default light so the scene becomes visible?

  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited June 2014

    Here's how you do it. Make your lights invisible, then go to Window > Preview Lights and toggle it off. Your lights will be off, but you'll have generic scene lighting to set up your scene. Once you're done, make your lights visible again and toggle the Preview Lights on again to get your own lighting back.

    I wish it was as simple as just setting them invisible. Each light already has it's own on/diffuse/spec/off function, no reason to make turning it invisible turn it off altogether.

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  • pauljacob11pauljacob11 Posts: 203
    edited December 1969

    Vaskania said:
    Here's how you do it. Make your lights invisible, then go to Window > Preview Lights and toggle it off. Your lights will be off, but you'll have generic scene lighting to set up your scene. Once you're done, make your lights visible again and toggle the Preview Lights on again to get your own lighting back.

    I wish it was as simple as just setting them invisible. Each light already has it's own on/diffuse/spec/off function, no reason to make turning it invisible turn it off altogether.

    Thank you very much Vaskania, that's a simple and elegant solution. Much appreciated.

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449
    edited December 1969

    Not sure how it would work on other lights but for DS's standard lights (Distant, Spot, and Point) scaling to zero works.

  • AbnerKAbnerK Posts: 718
    jestmart said:

    Not sure how it would work on other lights but for DS's standard lights (Distant, Spot, and Point) scaling to zero works.

    Thanks, at last an answer that fulfills everyones needs. You want the ight and you want the light close to subject but you don't want to see the ighting rig in the render. 

  • rames44rames44 Posts: 332

    The other option is to use a Ghost Light. There are kits in the store, but the basic technique is:

    1. Create a primitive, such as a plane
    2. Set the primitive to emit light by setting the Emissive settings on its surface
    3. Position is so that it’s illuminating what you want to be brighter
    4. Change the opacity of the primitive to a very low number - like 0.00001

    The primitive still emits the light, but it isn’t visible in the scene. 

  • PluriGraphicPluriGraphic Posts: 0

    Hi everyone, I had the same problem but I found a solution that I wanted to share if other people needed it.
    Select the camera or the spot in the "scene" tab.
    In the "parameters" tab look for "Display" and set "visible in viewport" to off

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