ND Relative Light Positioner

# ND Relative Light Positioner

**Place any physical light around any object, anywhere in your scene.**

Lighting a simple portrait is easy. Lighting a large DAZ Studio scene with multiple characters, props, environment elements and several lights can quickly become much more complicated.

**ND Relative Light Positioner** gives you a fast and flexible way to position physical DAZ Studio lights relative to any object in your scene — without moving your subject to the world origin.

Choose your **Target**, choose your **Light**, select a position, and let the tool do the placement.

## Designed for Complex Scenes

The Target and Light are selected independently and remain locked until you decide to change them.

This means you can:

- Keep the same Target and test several different lights
- Keep the same Light and move it around different objects
- Light characters, props or environment elements
- Work with objects located anywhere in the scene
- Switch between Standard and Rim Light placement without losing your selections

Searchable Target and Light lists make the utility especially useful in scenes containing a large number of nodes.

## Standard Light Positioning

Quickly place your selected light around the Target using eight horizontal positions:

- Front
- Front Left
- Left
- Back Left
- Back
- Back Right
- Right
- Front Right

You can also position the light directly:

- Above
- Below

Choose between **Target Orientation** and **World Orientation** depending on how you want the placement direction to be calculated.

## Relative Distance and Height

Light distance is calculated from the size of the selected Target, allowing the same controls to work with objects of very different scales.

Available distance settings:

- 0.5x
- 1x
- 1.5x
- 2x
- 3x

Height controls let you quickly choose:

- Low
- Center
- High

## Aim at Target

With **Aim** enabled, the selected light is automatically rotated toward the center of the Target after placement.

This is particularly useful when working with Spot Lights.

Turn Aim off when you want to preserve the light's existing orientation.

## Dedicated Rim Light Mode

Switch to **Rim Lights** for fast contour and edge-light placement.

Available Rim positions include:

- Top Left
- Top
- Top Right
- Back Left
- Back Right
- Left
- Right

Rim Lights automatically aim toward the selected Target and include dedicated relative-distance controls.

## Choose Exactly What You Want to Light

The Target selector scans useful scene content such as:

- Figures and characters
- Props
- Geometry nodes
- Environment elements
- Relevant groups and top-level nodes

Lights, cameras and standalone bones are excluded from the Target list.

## Physical Lights Only

The Light selector scans physical DAZ Studio light nodes only, including compatible Spot, Point and Distant Lights.

**Emissive materials and emissive surfaces are intentionally excluded.**

## Large-Scene Friendly

Use **Refresh Scene** after adding or removing objects or lights.

The searchable selectors make it easy to find the exact Target and Light you need, even in complex scenes containing many elements.

Once selected, the Target and Light remain locked inside the utility even if you continue navigating through the DAZ Studio Scene pane.

## Features

- Relative light placement around any selected scene object
- Independent Target and Light selection
- Searchable Target list
- Searchable physical Light list
- Use Selected shortcuts
- Stable Target / Light locking
- Refresh Scene function
- 8 horizontal light positions
- Above and Below placement
- Target Orientation or World Orientation
- Relative distance controls
- Low, Center and High positioning
- Aim at Target option
- Dedicated Rim Light mode
- Automatic Rim Light aiming
- DAZ Studio Undo support
- Large 900 675 interface for comfortable use

**ND Relative Light Positioner** is designed to make lighting faster, more flexible and easier to manage — especially when your scene is anything but simple.