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# Area Light

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**DO NOT USE!**\
These lights have a significant impact on performance on many devices. Use for testing purposes only.
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Area lights emit light uniformly from a 2-dimensional source. The size of the light depends on the user’s input for Width and Height. The intensity of the light may also be controlled by the user.

### Properties

#### Light

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="187"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>PROPERTY</strong></td><td><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Color</strong></td><td>This is a color picker</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Intensity</strong></td><td>A slider with a range of 0 - 100 which controls how powerful the light source will be in the scene. The default intensity of the area light is 10.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Source Width</strong></td><td>This allows the user to control the width of the Area light. The slider ranges from .1 to 100 with the default width being 1.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Source Height</strong></td><td>This allows the user to control the height of the Area light. The slider ranges from .1 to 100 with the default width being 1.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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