Nicholas Kargel Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I have some lighting devises (ETC Source 4 50deg, etc) with gobo textures. In the "edit light" window the spread and beam are greyed out and I can't adjust them. How can I soften the edges of my gobos? I'm certain I used to be able to do this (maybe in previous versions). Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted December 21, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 21, 2012 You adjust the beam and filed angles in the OIP of the lighting device. The spread of the light will be automatically updated to match. Quote Link to comment
Nicholas Kargel Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 When you adjust the beam and spread of a RW spotlight, it changes the softness of the edge of the light. If they're the same, it's sharp. If they're different, it gets increasingly softer. Adjusting the beam and field of a lighting device doesn't do that. The beam and spread options (with the little angled interface) are there for a lighting device, but greyed out. I just saw that it works on a source 4 PAR, but not a 50deg or other ERS. So, I repeat: how do I make a soft-edged gobo projection? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted December 21, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 21, 2012 Only option is to adjust the gobo image or turn up the soft shadows and blurriness options in Renderworks. The gobo always renders a hard edge, adjusting the beam and field (or beam and spread) only soften the outer edges. Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Nicholas: I have found the best approach is to blur the Gobo image itself in something like Photoshop or Graphic Converter. I then add them as gobos through the resource palette. It's all a little bit of a pain, but the end result quality is as fine-grained as I could hope for & once the gobo is blurred, I keep it in a folder for further use. I have added two files (same gobo, different level of blur) in case you're curious as to how they work... Happy holidays Quote Link to comment
Nicholas Kargel Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Thanks, MJM! Quote Link to comment
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