Josh Schulman Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 What are the odds that VW will figure out how to make strip lights render light realistically? I know I can play around with the field and beam settings to sort of fake it, but the lights don't look believable if you are using them for lighting a scenic good like a cyc. here are supposed to be ColorForce 72s in a line. What I get are hot spots. Any thoughts? 🧐 Thank you, Josh Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Josh Schulman said: What are the odds that VW will figure out how to make strip lights render light realistically? I know I can play around with the field and beam settings to sort of fake it, but the lights don't look believable if you are using them for lighting a scenic good like a cyc. here are supposed to be ColorForce 72s in a line. What I get are hot spots. Any thoughts? 🧐 Thank you, Josh @Josh Schulman I tend to either roll my own by deploying IES files, but multiples of them per strip fixture, or I create one with multiple sources from the 'Spotlight Mode' of the VWX Light tool (the light bulb icon). I end up playing with the beam and field angles to develop something which 'looks' right-er. I also attached a modified spotlight CFII72 with IES lights, in case you're interested CF72+IES.vwx 4 Quote Link to comment
Josh Schulman Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 Those look really nice. I just wish that VW made the light more realistic. They bill themselves as the one stop shop for the entertainment industry but the way their lighting works is hokey. Quote Link to comment
Kevin Allen Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Have you tried multiple emitters? Quote Link to comment
Kevin Allen Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 18 minutes ago, mjm said: in case you're interested really nice render. 1 Quote Link to comment
MrTemplate Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 yes, multiple emitters is a good starting point. but if you're dealing with old-school three-circuit striplights do your homework, especially if you want to view the colored gel in the rendered striplight. 2 Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 hour ago, MrTemplate said: yes, multiple emitters is a good starting point. but if you're dealing with old-school three-circuit striplights do your homework, especially if you want to view the colored gel in the rendered striplight. Yep, this is such a fun task! 1 hour ago, Kevin Allen said: really nice render. @Kevin Allen thanks man. the really fun part was the filled scrim 1 Quote Link to comment
Lunar Waneshaft Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 9 hours ago, mjm said: the really fun part was the filled scrim *chef's kiss* 1 Quote Link to comment
Lunar Waneshaft Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 When importing an IES file for a Robe CycBar 15, I keep getting this error: The light distribution file is invalid. Please load a new one. IES files attached: CycBar_15_IES.zip Any idea how to solve this? Quote Link to comment
Lunar Waneshaft Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 ahahahafhafhshasfhafhsadfhsafhsd you gotta be kidding me--this is a regression from 2022 1 Quote Link to comment
Lunar Waneshaft Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Adding the IES file to a Lighting Device in v2022, saving the file, then opening it in v2023... strips the IES file. That's it. I'm done. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 12 hours ago, Mark Aceto said: Adding the IES file to a Lighting Device in v2022, saving the file, then opening it in v2023... strips the IES file. That's it. I'm done. I so know that feeling 1 Quote Link to comment
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