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What is the distribution parameter in black body emission?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:04 am
by senorpablo
From the online documentation:

Distribution – The distribution controls the pattern of the light. This can be set to an Image (Greyscale/RGB) so that an image texture or IES file can be loaded, the orientation or direction of the light is then adjusted through the image texture’s projection map.


Okay, so HOW does it control the pattern of light? In the Max plugin, the spinner goes from 0-100000. What's the correlation?

Re: What is the distribution parameter in black body emission?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:42 am
by bepeg4d
Hi,
have a look at this other discussion:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=62903&hilit=directi ... ht#p321747
ciao Beppe

Re: What is the distribution parameter in black body emission?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:57 pm
by senorpablo
bepeg4d wrote:Hi,
have a look at this other discussion:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=62903&hilit=directi ... ht#p321747
ciao Beppe
Nowhere in that thread does it talk about what the value does, in the range of 0-10,0000.