Ring Light

Ring Light#64528

By dyarza - Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:30 pm

- Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:30 pm #64528

Just playing around with a "ring" light, a flat disc with a hole in it. A subtle effect, but it seems to me, too time consuming.

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#64535

By Micha - Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:08 pm

- Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:08 pm #64535

Very nice look with beautiful caustic. I like the idea. Maybe, your hole in the emitter bring to much extra polygons and noise. I would try to use a plane emitter with a ring texture.

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#64538

By Funky - Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:18 pm

- Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:18 pm #64538

Very nice caustics

#64540

By iandavis - Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:20 pm

- Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:20 pm #64540

I don't know if you care... but I noticed:

the thumbtack point seems flat.

the surface seems a bit shiney for a small bit of cheap plastic.

The slot where the metal is inserted usually has some flaws... perhaps a bit matt, perhaps a stray bubble or two.

the body seems a bit long. most of these kinds of tacks I've seen are much shorter, which could be a regional issue.

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#64542

By jc4d - Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:43 pm

- Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:43 pm #64542

Nice and elegant test

I'd something like this some time ago.
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#64545

By dyarza - Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:06 pm

- Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:06 pm #64545

Yes, I guess it is a bit fancy for a pushpin. I eyeballed it so it is a bit long. I was going more for the ring light and the shadows and caustics it would cause, not so much for the pin. I am not sure why the point seems to be flat, it is a cone, modeled in C4D. The DOF is quite shallow but it should still look mory "pointey" if that is a word.

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