nakedeye Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 I want to add a diffused front panel in front of a video wall so the wall image shows thru but is slightly softened. or is there a way of diffusing the video image apart from manipulation of the original in something like photoshop? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment
grant_PD Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 you could put something in front with a transparency shader on and blurriness added. But it will be at the expense of some rendering time. Often times I would do this in "post" by just blurring the desired area in photoshop after rendering. 1 Quote Link to comment
Kevin Allen Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 I’VE ADDED ‘FROSTED PLEXI’ PANELS IN FROM OF A VIDEO WALL OBJECT IN VECTORWORKS. IT DOES ADD render time, but worth it for the look. Class the objects for testing and turning on and off as needed. sorry about the shouting there. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted May 11, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 11, 2020 Any chance of a screenshot? Quote Link to comment
Kevin Allen Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 35 minutes ago, TomWhiteLight said: Any chance of a screenshot? I'll see if I can dig up a render. 1 Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Personally, I would blur the image BEFORE making it a texture so that's just baked in to the object before you render. Not sure if this works for your particular situation, but if so, it saves you from the render time mentioned above for blurriness, plus you don't have to do anything in "post." 2 Quote Link to comment
scottmoore Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 All the above suggestions will work and are spot on. A transparency in front of your LED display will work but I find that I spend quite a bit of time making it look as it should, especially if I am adding a touch of reflection to the plastic. If you don’t need that level of detail, it would be much quicker to blur the image in advance and you can add some reflection to the glow as well. Quote Link to comment
Mark Aceto Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 You can also apply Image Effects to the image before you make it a texture for the video screen PIO: https://blog.vectorworks.net/teaser-tuesday-image-effects-for-vectorworks-2019 1 Quote Link to comment
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