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by Sharlybg
Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:58 pm
Forum: User Support
Topic: Some tests to understand Lux
Replies: 15
Views: 6937

Re: Some tests to understand Lux

Under photton gi settings click on the black button and select show indirect.
by Sharlybg
Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:59 pm
Forum: User Support
Topic: Some tests to understand Lux
Replies: 15
Views: 6937

Re: Some tests to understand Lux

Thanks you! Wow .. 66 pages! I'll have to take some days off! :D It is mostly development related stuff so it may be a bit confusing. As Sharlybg wrote, the best tool is the "debug" view. It is a direct view of the cache content and, with a bit of experience, it is easy to evaluate, if th...
by Sharlybg
Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:58 pm
Forum: User Support
Topic: Some tests to understand Lux
Replies: 15
Views: 6937

Re: Some tests to understand Lux

Is there a tutorial or discussion on the forum where we talk about the Photon Count report, Photon Depth and the other PHOTON GI settings? How can I understand how many photons need the scene and the relationship between them? Thank you Here you go : https://forums.luxcorerender.org/viewtopic.php?f...
by Sharlybg
Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:56 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: PhotonGI cache
Replies: 1083
Views: 504646

Re: PhotonGI cache

Luxcore = Total Luxury :D
by Sharlybg
Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:29 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Luxcore Preset Mode
Replies: 19
Views: 8399

Re: Luxcore Preset Mode

B.Y.O.B. wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:55 am If you want only one value for light strength, set power and efficacy to 0 and use only the gain.
Ok understood thanks for this new infos ;)

But my point is to make it internally.
by Sharlybg
Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:22 am
Forum: User Support
Topic: Understanding .ies parameters, efficacy
Replies: 19
Views: 9997

Re: Understanding .ies parameters, efficacy

But Sun to distant / World background sky to flat color / Camera linear auto 0.5 to linear 1 can be change ?
by Sharlybg
Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:15 am
Forum: User Support
Topic: Understanding .ies parameters, efficacy
Replies: 19
Views: 9997

Re: Understanding .ies parameters, efficacy

Unfortunately this is not possible with the Blender API as far as I know. I would need a custom function that is executed by Blender when a lamp is created, for example. And I could not find a way to do this yet. But you can do it simply with python like this i guess : Each time a new lamp is add u...
by Sharlybg
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:44 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Luxcore Preset Mode
Replies: 19
Views: 8399

Luxcore Preset Mode

Just open this thread to discuss a bit about luxcore default setting. The point is to make the engine adapt with the user workflow. Why that ? As you can see luxcore is a very capable engine. It can deliver render of a scientist optical precision. But also be able to fit the need of a 3D visualizer ...
by Sharlybg
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:18 am
Forum: User Support
Topic: Understanding .ies parameters, efficacy
Replies: 19
Views: 9997

Re: Understanding .ies parameters, efficacy

I understand you ! But i hope there is no confusion about my statement. What i mean by preset is Default starting value . like when you add a new lamp in Luxcore luxcore do : Technical Mod lamp.jpg Artistic Mod Lamp def.jpg And SUN LAMP Technical Mod Sun tech.jpg Artistic Mod Sun art.jpg But this do...
by Sharlybg
Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:42 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: PhotonGI cache
Replies: 1083
Views: 504646

Re: PhotonGI cache

Dade said sometime ago that corona cache work a bit like a denoising algorithm according to what they post as paper (not a denoiser in the common sense). Maybe some idea from that. Sure we will find a workarround. but anyway it already So great So it is now community artists turn to make some noise ...