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  • Richard Garabedain

    December 6, 2018 at 11:45 pm

    its infinite…you dont need to move it.

  • Nitai Lev-oren

    December 6, 2018 at 11:50 pm

    What do you mean?
    Where does it’s emanating from?

  • Nitai Lev-oren

    December 7, 2018 at 7:28 am

    Sorry for the newbee questions:

    So it is the same intensity in the frame?
    And when do you use it? As a fill light?

  • Max Haller

    December 7, 2018 at 3:32 pm

    Ambient light can be thought of like daylight if you’re outside. It just increases the amount of light in the over all scene. So you would generally use it to make the whole scene brighter and use spot or point lights to light specific areas of the scene/ cast shadows. Those type of lights have position and rotation values like you’d expect.

  • Nitai Lev-oren

    December 7, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    Ok what is the difference between spot vs parallel light?

  • Todd Perchert

    December 13, 2018 at 3:33 pm

    This might help you understand lighting better in AE.
    https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-use-lights-after-effects-4117116

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