Reality and IES written by sigstan

An IES file is the measurement of the distribution of light (intensity) stored in ASCII format. IES profiles are useful for creating life-like lighting, as they can represent the physical distribution of light from any light source.

Here is an example of lights with different IES profiles (From Maya Zest free IES files):


Any of these profiles can be attached to a mesh light in Reality, and this will make the light behave according to the IES profile. Yes, that means you can turn a little mesh light plane into a round spot light with a well-defined light cone!

IES profiles make this possible to control the light cones and light spill to a degree that is not possible using standard mesh lights and it will take your renders to the next level.

In the tutorial, I show how to make a rather simplistic (primitive-only) simulation of a flashlight in an otherwise low-light scene with a bunch of low-emissive light sources. All to demonstrate the amount of control you can achieve with IES profiles:


As a bonus, I also show how to create the in-air visible light beam shown using a render effective localized fog/dust volume.

You can find the tutorial on the Reality forums by Clicking here!

We would love to see what you've created by using this tutorial!

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Physics-Based Rendering–PBR for short–was a new technique for the 3D world in general and it was unheard of in the Poser/DAZ Studio universe. Reality introduced the concept and dominated the market for the years to come. 3D artists around the world became able to use lighting and materials as they were supposed to be: by absolutely accurate emulation of physical properties, instead of gross approximation as it was done before with renderers like 3Delight and Firefly. It changed the Poser/DAZ Studio market almost overnight.

For the past six years I had the privilege of serving this community of enthusiastic artists and making a living while doing so. You have welcomed Reality with open arms and produced an amazing body of work. I made new friends and discovered a world of possibilities that I could only imagine before. You provided great feedback and helped making Reality better.

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Reality artist extraordinaire Marcel2586 has generously given us a series of props to be used with Reality. Not satisfied with doing just that, Marcel also provided exhaustive tutorials and demos on how to employ the textures and props. All this happened in the Reality Forums, and if you are not a member you are missing out. The forums are free and they are the best place where to find great Reality information, support, and tutorials.



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