IES files

Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:41 am

Have I confused myself successfully? I was under the impression, Octane can load .ies files as image texture to create IES emission lights? Or did I dream that up? The open file dialog for an image texture node in blender octane does not list the .ies files, though.

Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:38 am

Hi voon, nice to see you again.

You need a Floating image connected to Distribution.
I don´t really understand how the Transform work but work, kind of.

Cheers, mib

Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:43 am

Yeah, that's what I did ... create a floating texture and enter its open dialog ... but it does not show files with the .ies extension.

PS: And hi again

Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:49 pm

Oh, this is an old test file, will check to create a new with latest BfO.

Cheers, mib

Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:07 pm

OK, you have to disable "Filter" in file browser to see the IES files.
The symbol looks like a funnel.

Cheers, mib

Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:33 pm

Argh, now I feel dumb

Works like a charm, thanks

Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:11 pm

Hi voon,

does it really work for you? I had issues all the way since Version 2.
I figured out that you had to put a xyz projection node to Projection and play with the ies texture´s gamma to get to an "ok" result.
But I still don´t really get the result i want. IES are handled different since v1.5

regards