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| Posted by Wendell_Burke at Dec 27, 2024, 6:21:08 PM |
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Re: Can light be dimmed at its source (or can the source be removed) w/o losing the effect of light? Thank you. <😊 And I appreciate what you’re saying about creating its illusion, as you’ll see in a few moments. I haven’t seen this library of light shapes that Keet mentions, but thanks for that Keet! I’ll definitely install that! So, GaudiGalopin3324, basically you’re saying, take or create two ½ sphere light shapes, color them the appropriate color, make them invisible? Place one on the center floor and the other on the center ceiling, do the balancing act between light sources, and it should create the illusion of ambient light in the room? That’s excellent! Great, and thank you! I do have another question though, to take my original question a bit further… Though the goal is ambient light, is it also directional at all? I’ve provided another example from my current project below. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mg8lewtbfakjb5...&st=maa8lse8&dl=0 So, I’m building a reproduction of the crew quarters from Star Trek: The Next Generation. As you can see, there are no windows, but the ILLUSION of windows. <😉 As when I tried to create them as windows, positioning them on diagonals made those annoying 90 degree corner angles appear, and I couldn’t have that. But I digress. What you see is basically the window shape used much like a canvas. I applied a starscape to it, which then distorted, but turns out I liked the effect. Anyway, to my 2ndary question: If I positioned those invisible spheres, not on the floor and ceiling, but against each window, would they create the >directional< illusion of light streaming in from these illusory windows? |
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