Point Light
The Point Light provides general light like the a simple lamp.
It appears in the scene as a yellow wireframe sphere.
Here is an experiment that demonstrates the effect of a point
light.
- From the main menu select Scene->Clear.
- If the Scene Properties windows in not visible, select Window->Scene
Properties from the main menu.
- Set the Camera to the default Perspective settings by
selecting Camera->Perspective from
the main menu.
- On the Scene Properties window, click the New
Light button and select Point.
- Press the New Object button on the Scene
Properties window and select Sphere.
- Click the Move button on the toolbar.

- Move the sphere to the left by moving the mouse to the
left while pressing the left mouse button.
- Add another sphere and move it the right (repeat steps 5
and 6).
- Select the light by double clicking on the yellow
wireframe sphere in the scene.
- Click on the Positional then Directional
in the Object Properties window.
- Set the Camera to the default Top settings by selecting Camera->Top
from the main menu.
- Click on the Positional then Directional
in the Object Properties window.
- Move the light around in the scene.