Displaying Lighting and Surface Effects

You can control the display of the lighting and surface effects in a 3D composite using the Render Effects options. When you create a 3D composite, these options are disabled by default. You set these options for each composite separately.

If you are not working on these effects, disable these features to improve display performance.

For more information, see Displaying Light in a Composite and Surface Properties.

To display lighting and surface effects:

1. Select the 3D composite whose lighting you want to view.
2. Click Settings and enable the required Render Effects options.



The following options are available.



Enable:	To:
Shading	Turn on lights in the composite.
Shadows	View shadows cast by objects onto other objects in the composite.
Reflections	View reflections and highlights on surfaces created by light bouncing from one object to another.