<fePointLight>

The <fePointLight> filter primitive defines a light source which allows to create a point light effect. It that can be used within a lighting filter primitive: <feDiffuseLighting> or <feSpecularLighting>.

Usage context

Categories Light source element
Permitted content Any number of the following elements, in any order:
<animate>, <set>

Attributes

Global attributes

Specific attributes

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGFEPointLightElement interface.

Example

SVG

<svg width="200" height="200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <defs>
    <filter id="spotlight">
      <feSpecularLighting result="spotlight" specularConstant="1.5"
          specularExponent="80" lighting-color="#FFF">
        <fePointLight x="50" y="50" z="220"/>
      </feSpecularLighting>
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="spotlight" operator="arithmetic"
          k1="0" k2="1" k3="1" k4="0"/>
    </filter>
  </defs>

  <image xlink:href="/files/6457/mdn_logo_only_color.png" x="10%" y="10%"
      width="80%" height="80%" style="filter:url(#spotlight);"/>
</svg>

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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fePointLight
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See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/fePointLight