Monthly Archives: December 2010

Happy Holidays

Hope everyone has a safe and happy holidays. Best wishes for the new year! Here is a current rendering I just completed. This is a view of a proposed restaurant interior for littleJohn’s. They are now offering franchising opportunities, and … Continue reading

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IES lights – Photometric interior and exterior lighting. What is it and how to use it.

IES lighting is based on a standard file format developed by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America for conveying the photometric data (measurements of light intensity) of lighting fixtures. (sources iesna.org & m-w.com) The data files are typically available … Continue reading

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DOF part II – depth of field calculated by rendering software

As mentioned in the first post on Depth of Field, there are some shortcomings to creating a DOF effect in a rendering entirely as a post-processing operation. The biggest shortcoming is that any distant reflections showing up in reflective materials … Continue reading

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