Has anyone done any work modelling theatre lighting in POV. I have a
vague interest in this having done some (very) amateur theatre lighting
for a small theatre. It would be interesting to model the theatre and
basic set and then position various different lights to see the possible
effects - I have found from experience that lighting a play without
understanding much theory involves a great deal of blood, toil, tears
and sweat lugging ladders around and generally getting in anyones way.
It would also be useful in managing the expectations of cast and
director.

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Richard Morton wrote:
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> Has anyone done any work modelling theatre lighting in POV.

I'd recommend radiance for this since it's a real simulation tool.
This involves measuring material reflactances and light source
intensity distributions etc.
http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/gallery/theatre.html

Povray can do same kind of pictures but they would be of little
use predicting physical situation.

K.K.

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