# Light Settings in ParaView Glance

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/light-settings-in-paraview-glance/7507
**Category:** Web Support
**Created:** [June 29, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/light-settings-in-paraview-glance/7507 "2021-06-29T07:24:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Venke](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@Venke](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Venke)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/light-settings-in-paraview-glance/7507/1 "2021-06-29T07:24:41Z")

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Hej,  
Is there a possibility to change the light settings and/or the position of the light source in ParaView Glance?

When rotating my model consisting of warped Netcdf-files and planes with texture images it appears black from some view angles. Is there a setting within ParaView I have missed while exporting the scene(s) as .vtkjs?

Cheers,  
Venke

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### Author: ![Venke](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@Venke](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Venke)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/light-settings-in-paraview-glance/7507/2 "2021-06-29T08:20:14Z")

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![PVglance_light_problem3](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cef9a2a63dad8fbc45678ed9a65b641d231ccac7.png)  
 ![PVglance_light_problem2](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1a5a9ea41067a2d007243027ffac6133e63847f7.png)  
 ![PVglance_light_problem](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7b7fabbc5f9b9caa89af2f9edf2632d83d242af9.png)  
Here are some snapshots illustrating the problem. Some of the slices are illuminated such that their images can be seen well while others appear black or grey. Turning the model around and zooming in, we can see that the texture images are there, but they are hard to see as they seem to have a bad angle with respect to the light source.

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/light-settings-in-paraview-glance/7507/3 "2021-06-29T16:21:58Z")

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We should probably create a LightKit for vtk.js the same one that ParaView is using. What do you thing Ken?

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### Author: ![Q1CHEN](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/q1chen/32/10724_2.png) [@Q1CHEN](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Q1CHEN)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/light-settings-in-paraview-glance/7507/4 "2023-01-23T04:45:02Z")

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Glance support netcdf? I always get error when doing so

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### Author: ![Venke](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@Venke](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Venke)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/light-settings-in-paraview-glance/7507/5 "2023-03-21T12:55:58Z")

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Is there any workaround to visualize images on arbitrary planes in Glance without them turning black from certain view angles? Thanks and cheers,  
Venke