Topic: Turn Lights off?

[lbourdo]

Is there a way to turn the lights off in a sun animation?  I want them on when the sun goes down, but not throughout the day.  Is there a way to do this in the same animation/video?  Or do I need to delete the lights, animate it, then turn then on and animate night?

Thanks,
Lorne

[Morten]

Hi Lorne, it is currently not possible to animate the light properties, so you can't make them switch off or fade at sunset. I think Remko mentioned that this is something they might consider investigating.

[lbourdo]

Thanks Morten.  I hope this will be a feature soon!

[Remko]

I'm not sure but have you tried putting lights in a different layer and hiding the layer?

[Morten]

Unfortunately, you can't animate the Hide Layer effect during a clip, so you'd have to apply it to one clip at a time, so to speak.

However, you can probably get the end of Clip 1 to look more or less like the beginning of Clip 2 (where you'd unhide the lights at sunset).

I haven't tried this yet but it should work, at least in theory

[Remko]

Hmm... a hide/show effect with animation capabilities would be a good idea then

[Remko]

in my car the interior lights fade on,  when i open the door at at night.
and fade out, when the door is closed.

if a fade on/off fx could be applied to a layer containing lights,
then the whole house could be lit this way , as opposed to a simple on/off switch.

Hmm maybe a light dimmer with switches which allow you to apply the effect to specific layers.

[peterm]

Hmm... a hide/show effect with animation capabilities would be a good idea then

Simply having a property of a light On/Off would seem much more obvious and much, much more useful.

Layers are surely for other purposes, and apply to everything on that layer whereas turning  lights on/off should be on a per light basis with an overall switch for all lights, irrespective of layer.