Area Lights

[broozee]

I'm seeing references made to Area Lights - are these the same as rectangular lights or am I missing something?

Bill

[Thomas An._cg]

Re: Area Lights

I'm seeing references made to Area Lights - are these the same as rectangular lights or am I missing something?

Bill

You can use Rhino's rectangular lights (more common) ... or you can turn a surface into a light.

[broozee]

Area Lights

Thanks Thomas!

I think I stumbled across using surfaces as lightsources. Was this via the material editor and the emisive layer?

Bill

[Micha_cg]

Area Lights

Thanks Thomas!

I think I stumbled across using surfaces as lightsources. Was this via the material editor and the emisive layer?

Bill

Yes, but it works in GI mode only. Is like the textured constant from AIR.
Attention: if you mirror a rhino arealight, the light will shot in the wrong direction - is a current bug.

[broozee]

Area Lights

Thanks for the heads up Micha!

Bill