Realistic Strip lights

[Josh Schulman]

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

[mjm]

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

[Josh Schulman]

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. 

[Kevin Allen]

Have you tried multiple emitters?

[Kevin Allen]

18 minutes ago, mjm said:

in case you're interested

 

really nice render.

[MrTemplate]

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.

[mjm]

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

[Lunar Waneshaft]

9 hours ago, mjm said:

the really fun part was the filled scrim

 

*chef's kiss*

[Lunar Waneshaft]

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?

 

[Lunar Waneshaft]

ahahahafhafhshasfhafhsadfhsafhsd you gotta be kidding me--this is a regression from 2022

 

[Lunar Waneshaft]

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.

[mjm]

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