When we create a new scene in Unity, a directional light is automatically created for us. This emphasizes the importance of directional lights. This type of light provides illumination in a specific direction. Using transform tools, we have full control over the direction of these lights.
An example of directional lighting is generating sunlight in our scenes. Although the light from directional lights is similar to that of the sun, there is no actual sun-like object that the light comes from. As shown in the following screenshot, Directional Lights, when selected, indicate the direction of its illumination with yellow rays:
One of the great aspects of using directional lighting is that illumination strength is not ...
