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# Illumination

Define the light source for the selected 3D object.

Illumination

To access this command...

Open the context menu of the 3D object, choose 3D Effects - Illumination tab.

## Illumination

Specify the light source for the object, as well as the color of the light source and of the ambient light. You can define up to eight different light sources.

## Light source

Click twice to turn the light source on, and then select a color for the light from the list. If you want, you can also set the color of the surrounding light, by selecting a color from the Ambient light box. You can also press the Spacebar to turn the light source on or off.

Light is on

Light is off

### Color Selection

Select a color for the current light source.

### Select Color in the color dialog

LibreOfficeDev lets you define custom colors using a two-dimensional graphic and numerical gradient chart of the Pick a Color dialog.

Press the Color Dialog button in the Illumination tab of the 3D Effects dialog.

## Ambient light

### Color Selection

Select a color for the ambient light.

### Select Color Through the Color Dialog

LibreOfficeDev lets you define custom colors using a two-dimensional graphic and numerical gradient chart of the Pick a Color dialog.

Press the Color Dialog button in the Illumination tab of the 3D Effects dialog.

## Preview

Displays a preview of the light source changes.

### Apply

Click here to apply the properties shown in the dialog to the selected object.

Apply

### Update

Click here to view in the dialog all the properties of the selected object.

Update

### Preview Field

Displays a preview of the current selection.

### Convert to 3-D

Use this icon to convert a selected 2D object to a 3D object. You can also select several 2D objects and convert them to one single 3D object. To convert a group of 2D objects to 3D, you must first ungroup the selected objects.

Convert to 3-D

### Convert to Rotation Object

Click here to convert a selected 2D object to a 3D rotation object. You can also select several 2D objects and convert them to one single 3D rotation object. To convert a group of 2D objects to 3D, you must first ungroup the selected objects.

Convert to Rotation Object

### Perspective On/Off

Click here to turn the perspective view on or off.

Perspective On/Off

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