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You will notice some light's transformation components are hidden. This is because they are not applicable to that particular light type.
| Light Name | Transformation |
|---|---|
| PxrRectLight | Translate, scale, and rotation. |
| PxrDiskLight | Translate, scale, and rotation. |
| PxrSphereLight | Translate, uniform scale, and rotation. If scaled non-uniformly it will render as a sphere anyway. |
| PxrCylinderLight | Translate, uniform cross-section scale, length scale, and rotation. If scaled non-uniformly it will render as a sphere anyway. |
| PxrDistantLight | Rotation only. |
| PxrDomeLight | Rotation only. |
| PxrPortalLight | Like a PxrRectLight, but you also need an external coordsys for the orientation of the dome texture itself. |
| PxrEnvDayLight | Rotation only. |
| PxrAOVLight | Since this is not a real light designed to illuminate, no translate, scale, and rotate. |
Portal Light
The PxrPortalLight is an optimized version of the dome light by looking through a "portal". To set up a PxrPortalLight OBJ, we need to set the Dome Light parameter to point to a PxrDomeLight OBJ. A dome light can have more than one portal light as children. Parent the portal light to the dome if you want the portal to inherit the dome's transform (optional).
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- If a parameter is not local to the portal light, it will inherit from the parent dome light's setting for that parameter.
- Intensity Multiplier will be multiplied by the parent dome's light Intensity.
- Color Tint will be multiplied by the parent dome's Color.
- It will apply all the dome's light filters as well as its own.
Mesh Light
To add a PxrMeshLight a PxrMeshLight (using the geometry selected as the light source), select the mesh light tool 
from the RenderMan Shelf. This tool will ask you to pick an object for the mesh light. This is useful for creating things like extruded neon lights or fluorescent lighting with cylinders. The shelf tool automatically populates the Light Geometry parameter, which can also be set manually.
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