> Am 26.02.2011 19:14, schrieb Alain:
>> I'm also thinking about some variation for orient. My take would be
>> orient axis. Here, the area_light would be rotated ONLY around a
>> provided axis, making it cylindrical instead of spherical.
>> Ex.: orient x
>
> Thought about that, too. With exactly the same syntax, actually.
> Re-orientation would then be limited to rotations about that axis, and
> the "orientation direction" would be that which comes closest to the
> direction towards the illuminated object.
>
>> Another variation: the possibility to punch a hole in the center of the
>> array, keeping only the outer elements. With circular, it makes a crown
>> shaped light. Less usefull, but there are lights that have such a shape.
>
> Maybe some "volume_light", taking a pattern or df3 file for the
> brightness of sub-regions.

That would be nice. Some totaly customisable light sources. Obviously, 
you probably can't optimize those as well as a regulat area_light.




Alain

Post a reply to this message