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# Customize lighting and camera settings
When you customize graphics in the Designer, you can control a scene’s lighting, camera angle, camera depth, and more.
1. In Captivate’s playout interface, select a graphic layer and click **Edit Graphic**.
2. In the Designer, click **Properties > Global > Light & Cam**.
**💡 TIP**\
You can use keyframes to change lighting. See [Animate design layers with keyframes](/design-and-customize-graphics/chapter-index-3/animate-design-layers-with-keyframes.md).
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The Camera Settings section is hidden when Captivate runs inside Adobe After Effects. The host composition’s camera takes over instead.
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## Customize the camera angle
Drag the **Wide Angle** slider, click its steppers, or double-click the value, to distort objects as if viewed through a wide-angle lens.
## Customize the camera depth
1. If **Depth Of Field** isn’t enabled, click the eye icon in the Depth Of Field section header to enable it.
2. Expand **Depth Of Field** and adjust:
* **Focus Distance** — distance from the camera that’s in focus.
* **Aperture** — how broad the in-focus area is. Larger values broaden the in-focus area, which reduces **Blur Level**'s visible effect; smaller values narrow it and emphasize the blur.
* **Blur Level** — amount of blur applied to out-of-focus areas.
## Preview and add preset lighting effects
1. In the Designer, open the Library panel and select **Lighting** from the dropdown.
2. Hover to preview a lighting effect.
3. Double-click to apply.
When you add a lighting effect, **Properties > Global > Light & Cam** opens with editable attributes.
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Selecting a different preset discards changes to the previously selected preset.
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## Customize lighting effects
You can include up to three lights in a design and set each light’s color. Depending on the type of light, you may also be able to set direction and distance.
**💡 TIP**\
To reset a preset effect, click the **Reset** icon (circular arrow next to the Preset dropdown). image::captivate-fusion-3/design-graphics/build-from-scratch/customize-lighting-and-camera-settings/image\_6931.png\[Reset preset]
1. Select a **Type** of light from the dropdown in any of the available light slots (Light 1 through Light 3):
* **Point** — light in all directions from the chosen position.
* **Directional** — constant beam across a scene from a direction.
* **Spotlight** — illuminates a specific section from a position and direction.
2. Adjust the light’s settings either via the X, Y, Z sliders or via the Workspace controls:
1. Select an object in the Workspace or Timeline.
2. Click a light layer heading (Light 1) in **Properties > Global > Light & Cam**. A light settings globe appears over the object.
3. Drag the line inside the globe to change angle.
4. Drag the line away from or toward the center to change brightness.
**💡 TIP**\
Use **Soften** to blend spotlight edges. 0 creates a hard edge. Lower brightness on a Point light to localize it. If a light turns gray, it’s behind the objects.
3. To change a light’s color, click the color picker and pick a color, or open a color swatch:
* Click a color on the wheel.
* Click **Hex** or **Dec** and enter values.
* Use the color picker to pick from your screen. (Esc cancels.)
* Drag horizontal sliders for hue and opacity.
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