Many light attributes can have an image mapped to them, which gives you greater control over the light. You can use this technique to shape a light more precisely than the basic type allows, give it complicated coloration like concert lighting, or have it project images like a slide projector. For example, if you add an image into a light's Color attribute, the image is projected through it, which produces an effect similar to light coming through a stained-glass window (Figure 15.50). Figure 15.50. A light with an image mapped into it.
To add an image map to a light's Color attribute:
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