Vray Pendant Light

[kwerch]

Hey -

 

Am starting a kitchen and am trying to figure a way to do a good looking pendant light -

 

I have tried an over elaborate method that doesn't really get me what I want-

 

It's a tube turned to nurbs with a glass material applied to it.

 

I clone this tube and shrink it so it just fits inside the first tube and to this I applied a VRAY light material

 

There is a small Puck at the opening with a white VRAY light material

 

An omni that excludes the tube and clone is set inside the light with the attenuation set to just tickle the walls and ceiling. I think the ceiling is allright but the back wall needs a little less light

 

THere is also a spot shining down with atten. set at the counter.

 

Anyhow-

 

If anyonw has any suggestions or advice or tricks on how to do this, I'd appreciate it-

 

thx.

k

[Joseph Petrino]

Try IES (photometric) lights.

 

If you go to the light manufacturers web site you can often find the exact IES file. The results are very accurate.

[ApeiNe]

Shellac >> VrayMtl/VraylightMtl

Just use your lamp material as base material and VraylightMtl as 2nd

Some tweak with the shellac mutiplier will do the rest

 

Just another solution

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

another solution....

 

i made these pendants using vray fog, vraylight, and an IES file.

 

i made the globe and a bulb. i applied a vraylight material to the bulb and increased its intensity multiplier. i then followed the fog/absorption tutrial to create the material for the shell.

 

http://www.richardrosenman.com/project/?cid=85

 

then i placed an IES file at the base of the globe to light the area below.

 

i may have also added a little glow in photoshop. i can't remember. there is a tell-tale sign of lens flare on this image, so i obviously used a glow somewhere.

 

be careful though, vray fog will greatly increase render time.