Linking lights to camera position in Maya 2012
Does anybody know how to set your lights in Maya so that their position is relative to the camera's view? basically I've got a simple character view with two spotlights, 1 in front 1 in back, and a couple point lights. What I'd like to do is parent the spotlights to the camera so that when I rotate the camera and change the view they stay in front and behind. The Parent function doesn't work because regardless of whether I pick the camera or a light, maya says it's already a parent of the "world."
I've tried the maya help files and google already but I can't find a way to enter this query and actually get a relevant result.
I've tried the maya help files and google already but I can't find a way to enter this query and actually get a relevant result.
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i do that often for my work. create light. open outliner. click light, shift-click persp or your cam, press p for parent. i have maya 2011, but i do not think that makes a difference...
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