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by Turner
Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:38 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Soft shadows from luminous aperture in .ies files?
Replies: 6
Views: 6664

Re: Soft shadows from luminous aperture in .ies files?

Thanks Fletch! I'll try out the fake technique. Part of the catch is that I need to model rooms with lots of fixtures (30-40) so I need something reasonably fast. FWIW I did a render on a test scene (chair, bookshelves, table, a few odds and ends in a 10'x10' room, 8' ceiling) with an emitter+.ies a...
by Turner
Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:49 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Soft shadows from luminous aperture in .ies files?
Replies: 6
Views: 6664

Soft shadows from luminous aperture in .ies files?

Hi all- Just wondering - when using an .ies file, the "luminous apterture" is defined based on the geometry of the light; for example, in the following (partial) .ies file: ========== IESNA:xx-xx-xxxx [TEST] xxxxx [TESTLAB] xxxxxx yyyyyyy zzzzzzz [ISSUEDATE] xx-xx-xxxx [MANUFAC] xxxxxxx xx...
by Turner
Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:40 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: A few pre-buy materials/translucency questions
Replies: 5
Views: 5208

Re: A few pre-buy materials/translucency questions

Thanks!

I'll take a look.

Andrew
by Turner
Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:00 am
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: A few pre-buy materials/translucency questions
Replies: 5
Views: 5208

Re: A few pre-buy materials/translucency questions

Hi Fletch, Actually I went looking for Kerkythea but their site is down. Anyway, not sure what "N-K" means! (?) There isn't anything specific I'm looking for, and having read through the manual a bit more I see most of what I'm looking for seems possible. I will look further to see how the...
by Turner
Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:53 am
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: A few pre-buy materials/translucency questions
Replies: 5
Views: 5208

A few pre-buy materials/translucency questions

Hi all, Thinking about getting Twilight after reading a bit about SU renderers. Anyway, one thing that's important to me is to be able to accurately simulate (i.e. not fake) translucent materials such as rice paper, lampshades, etc. wherein the lamp/light source image is not visible through the mate...