We've been showing what lighting looks like for a while now, but it's not simulation in Any way. We generally exaggerate the light so they can understand that is what we are showing them. Also, then we can show differences between LED, incandescent, fluorescent, panel lighting, etc.
My boss is encouraging me to look into a way we can more accurately simulate the light now. (more specifically using LED's, but I want to look into a solution that works for everything if possible).
He suggested Maxwell and Fry Render. I haven't had experiences with those at all, so wanted to ask what you guys thought before even attempting to demo one. My first thought was IES lights.
The big issue with LED is there are Many Many different kinds. I don't think it's really possible to just say, light it with LED lighting. Is it focused, what shape is it, how bright, what color (or how white is it)?
I have a pretty fair collection of IES definitions, but I don't think many include LED. I'd like to show him that first. Does anyone know of a good resource for those specifically? If there is cost involved, does anyone know of a better place than others? I wouldn't mind if there was a company I could just tell them a spec and they could shoot me back an ies definition of the light at a cost. That way I would know I would have the correct definition for the light they are specifying here.
Do Maxwell and Fry use IES lights? My boss suggested they used object lights, as in modeling an detailed led and lighting with that. I'd be amazing if it can do that with any efficient speed. But I'm amazing often, so it wouldn't surprise me.
Let me know what you guys think/suggest.
Thanks
My boss is encouraging me to look into a way we can more accurately simulate the light now. (more specifically using LED's, but I want to look into a solution that works for everything if possible).
He suggested Maxwell and Fry Render. I haven't had experiences with those at all, so wanted to ask what you guys thought before even attempting to demo one. My first thought was IES lights.
The big issue with LED is there are Many Many different kinds. I don't think it's really possible to just say, light it with LED lighting. Is it focused, what shape is it, how bright, what color (or how white is it)?
I have a pretty fair collection of IES definitions, but I don't think many include LED. I'd like to show him that first. Does anyone know of a good resource for those specifically? If there is cost involved, does anyone know of a better place than others? I wouldn't mind if there was a company I could just tell them a spec and they could shoot me back an ies definition of the light at a cost. That way I would know I would have the correct definition for the light they are specifying here.
Do Maxwell and Fry use IES lights? My boss suggested they used object lights, as in modeling an detailed led and lighting with that. I'd be amazing if it can do that with any efficient speed. But I'm amazing often, so it wouldn't surprise me.
Let me know what you guys think/suggest.
Thanks
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