The lighting type to use in the 3D Preview control.
Property Type: Fixed
Default Value: Simple Lighting
Hierarchical Reference: ControlName.Lighting
The predefined lighting types available are:
Your computers GPU, the size of the preview control and the lighting type will affect performance. The fastest to render will be None, followed by Simple, Hard, then Soft and Three Point.
The default value of the property can be changed by selecting the required value from the property field.
Lighting Property Value | Decription | Result |
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Hard Lighting | A slight blue tinted bright light from above with a dim warm/yellowish light from below. | Click to Enlarge |
None | No effects are applied. | Click to Enlarge |
Simple Lighting | A single white light from above. | Click to Enlarge |
Soft Lighting | A single bright light from above that is spread out more evenly. | Click to Enlarge |
Three Point Lighting | A white light from above, with blue/yellow lights from two different directions. They are more hashly tinted so you can see the contrast better. | Click to Enlarge |
Form Design
A type of control property where the value can only be set in the Form Designer (not by a rule).