Spotlight and Cone Angle

[ValeroStudio]

When using a spotlight, I always thought it was weird that reducing the cone angle moves the light away from where you have placed the light component (light source). Changing a light's cone angle shouldn't affect where the light is emitting from, no?

[nikoleta.garkova]

Hi ValeroStudio,

It's normal, since reducing the cone angle will move that cone and the light beam itself farther from the wall. If you do an experiment with a Spot Light with a small Cone Angle value, placed right to next to the wall, you should get the expected behavior - see recording: http://ftp.chaosgroup.com/support/sc...1_20-48-10.mp4 It depends on how you've placed your component in the first place.

To have even more control, you can play with the Penumbra Angle option as well; for further read, please visit https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...mple:ConeAngle

[ValeroStudio]

Thank you. Penumbra does help in my situation.