Soloing and Muting Lights, Light Filters, and Rigs

You can either solo or mute lights in a scene. Soloing a light means that you are only keeping that one specific light to light the scene. All the other lights are automatically set as "mute" and therefore turned off. Muting lights means you can turn specific lights off while others are lit. Soloing or muting light filters and rigs works the same way.

To solo a light, do the following:

1.

In the Gaffer object table, select the light you want to solo.

2.

In the Solo column check the box in-line with the selected light.

The light is set as "solo" and all the other lights are automatically set as "mute".

In the Mute column , the icon shows which lights are set as "mute" and it is also displayed in the Scene Graph tab to indicate which light locations are in a mute state.

Note:  To solo a light filter or a rig, follow the same procedure but select a light filter or rig instead of a light.

 

To mute a light, do the following:

1.

In the Gaffer object table, select one or as many lights as you want to mute.

2.

In the Mute column check the box in-line with the selected light or one of the selected lights for multiple selection.

The selected lights are set as "mute" while all the other lights still light the scene.

In the Mute column , the icon shows which lights are set as "mute" and it is also displayed in the Scene Graph tab to indicate which light locations are in a mute state.

Note:  To mute light filters or rigs, follow the same procedure but select the light filters or rigs you want to mute, instead of a light.