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Subject: Lights and GOBO's with P5 materials


JeffH ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 4:14 PM · edited Sun, 10 November 2024 at 10:26 PM

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The pattern you see across the figure is being cast by a single spotlight.

It's called a "Gobo" if I remember correctly.

I added a black & white tile pattern to the light materials and got this effect.

I don't know if it can be made to behave like a real gobo, maybe a shade of gray should be used instead of black.

Start experimenting :-)

-Jeff


Spike ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 4:20 PM

Can make some very cool blinds looks. Very cool stuff..

You can't call it work if you love it... Zen Tambour

 


JeffH ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 4:26 PM

I'm wondering if a light can be turned into a movie projector :-)


Spike ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 4:44 PM

:) I think it can...

You can't call it work if you love it... Zen Tambour

 


SAMS3D ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 4:50 PM

very nice, I love it...Sharen


JeffH ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 4:56 PM

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Single images seem to work okay if you adjust the light properties. I don't have a small enough clip to test a movie with.


Little_Dragon ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 5:08 PM

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>> *I'm wondering if a light can be turned into a movie projector :-)*

Oh, yes, indeed!



JeffH ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 5:43 PM

Hehe cool :-)


maclean ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 8:24 PM

Yep Jeff. A 'gobo' or 'flag' is mostly used to 'flag' off light from spilling into the camera lens, but it can equally well be used to cast shadows. Generally a gobo in a photographic studio is solid, usually made from cloth stretched over a metal frame, or just black card. What you have in the top pic would be called a 'honeycomb' and fits over the light's reflector dish to create the honeycomb pattern. The real honeycomb effect would be less marked and larger, since it's difficult to get a tight, clearly defined shadow with most real lights. Yours looks really good. I made a few of these in poser 4 for my photo studio at daz, but this way saves an awful lot of hassle. mac


sharwebb ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2002 at 11:42 PM

Hi, Just how DO you add a pattern to a light material? I can't find anything about it in the manual. Thanks. Sharon


JeffH ( ) posted Thu, 19 September 2002 at 12:24 AM

Add one of the pattern nodes to the diffuse channel of the light material. A simple B&W image would do I think too.


sharwebb ( ) posted Thu, 19 September 2002 at 12:32 AM

Thanks, Jeff...I'll try it. :-)


gorak33 ( ) posted Thu, 19 September 2002 at 2:49 AM

We learned about Gobos in my theater class... I had no idea P5 could do something that cool...


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