I was talking about art directing hundreds of lights... nevermind.

elsksa wrote:Although this wouldn't be viable in production..

Yeah elska, i'll tell this to my customer when he asks why i spent 95% of the budget on spotlights

Thanks guys, but a volume is not an option in my case. I thought that was clear, maybe i should have mentioned that there are good reasons why i wanted the spotlight for that project. I have several hundred spotlights and it's simply impossible to artdirect them with a volume. I now have a nice ...

I'll wait. Maybe someone knows a trick on how to get it to work in that lighting combination

Thanks for the effort, then i'll wait for someone who understands the issue

Thanks elska, but i don't know what to do with your answer. I'm here because of the "tweaking" you're talking about. Can you be more precise?
Your link does not really deal with the subject.

Hey guys, i'm struggeling with the spotlight.

For a customer project i need to recreate a simple spotlight like on a stage (image 1).


https://i.imgur.com/G0KTX4m.jpeg

If i use the standard spotlight without any other lights, it works great (image 2).


https://i.imgur.com/LGvipjR.jpeg

But ...

I did this a few weeks ago with only a few takes and it was a huge pain in the end. I would not rejoice too soon

yes it is unfortunately really not self-explanatory in Cinema 4D.

Put everything but the camera in a null, make a new take, change X size to -1 in the new take. Example attached

The links are dead. Could you reupload the videos please?