Spotlight tutorial.... Tweet

[-rb-]

Anyone mastered spotlights? Because (I think) of the scaling system I've found it next to impossible to get this to work...

- Rich

[azen]

Hi,

If I understand you correctly, are you referring to IES lighting?

Hopefully this post proves helpful to you: https://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=45465&p=228078&hilit=IES#p228078


If this does not answer your question, please let me know and I will see what more I can do to assist you.

Cheers,
Azen

[-rb-]

Hi Azen,

Yes IES and loading in alphas also...I have all sorts of issues, most difficult to explain or reproduce accurately (mostly to do with scale blowing out I'm guessing) - so I was wondering if there was a standard tutorial of good SketchUp practice out there.

Thanks,

- Rich

[-rb-]

Also - is there a way to make the emitter invisible to the camera? Say like in Cinema or other softs?

- Rich

[azen]

Hi,

Official tutorials for the Sketchup plugin are works in progress at the moment. This is also a part of a major standardization occurring across all platforms (which is in the process of being defined).

I will aim to put together a tutorial of the correct workflow for IES lights, and post it here as soon as possible. As soon as we have the standardization completed, I will likely carry this over to the OTOY docs website.

I will aim to put the workflow together for you by tomorrow at the latest. Thank you for your patience.

Cheers,
Azen

[azen]

Hi,

Apologies for the delay. I have encountered a few issues with the Node Editor in the process of doing this that warranted addressing.

The visual tutorial I will put up is essentially similar to what was in the link I posted (minus some of the clutter and missteps).

Sorry again for the belated response. I will get this up for the forum asap