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uCylinderLight

Cylinder USD light

Adds a cylinder light source to a USD scene with color, exposure, response, falloff, shadow and transform controls.

USD / 3DAdvanced

uCylinderLight

Overview

What uCylinderLight does

uCylinderLight is a USD scene light shaped as a cylinder. It controls direct illumination and specular response inside the stage, making it useful for physically understandable lighting, reflections and shadow design before uRenderer.

When to use it

Add cylinder lighting to a USD shot
Shape diffuse illumination and specular reflections
Create controlled shadows
Balance intensity with exposure
Build studio-style USD lighting rigs

uCylinderLight in context

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**uCylinderLight — Controls: color, intensity, decay, radius, shadows and export**
Example for uCylinderLight.
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**uCylinderLight — Transform tab with Translation and Pivot**
Example for uCylinderLight.
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