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23 questions linked to/from Correct vector input to map texture light in Cycles
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How do you simulate an LCD projector where a lamp projects a patterned light onto a surface? (cycles)(cycles) [duplicate]
I found an answer for Blender Internal engine at I want to make a projector show an image displayed on surfaces
But I want to accomplish something similar in Cycles. I tried attaching a texture node ...
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Trying to get a spotlight to project an image in Blender 2.80 [duplicate]
I'm new to Blender and I want to project an image on a plane from a spotlight but I'm having difficulty.
This link says to find Texture panel for the lamp which I can't find. There is a Texture panel ...
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How to change the shape of a spotlight in Eevee? [duplicate]
I am trying to make a spotlight project a square onto the wall in Eevee, but I can't find an easy way to do it. Right now I kinda have a jimmy-rig where I made a cube and put a square-shaped hole in ...
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Using a photographic image as a projected light source [duplicate]
I'm trying to recreate the light of a movie from a super 8mm projector hitting a cube, so the light stretches over the top and falls off completely at the sides. I've tried using an image as an ...
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projecting onto a mirror and back?
Here's an illustration of what needs to be done:
A texture has to be projected from a point in space to a mirror (1 in the image) which will bounce the projection to a surface (2).
Here is the ...
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Change color with object rotation
I want to adjust the color of a material based on an object's rotation. I cannot do this with a driver, because the same material is used over a large number of objects: I would like each object to ...
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Laser beam through fog
I am modeling a laser light in Blender, but I am not sure how to get the results i wish to have. The result should look like the Picture:
http://www.marthagarzon.com/contemporary_art/wp-content/...
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Spot light with square shape
Is it possible to produce a spot light with a different shape than a circle? In particular, I would like to produce a spotlight that casts a squared image into a wall, and the spotlight can be ...
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Correcting perspective distortion for an angled projector (Keystone effect)
My goal is to create a realistic reproduction of a projector mounted on the ceiling. So far I can reproduce a projector that is projecting straight. But I cannot wrap my head around how to correct ...
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Is it possible to do projection mapping with blender
I was trying to find information about how can I do projection mapping with blender on real surfaces/objects. Found some tutorials but they didn't help much. Most of them were talking about creating ...
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Avoid distortions when creating projector effect
Im my scene, a point light is right above a table, and the light is textured to mimic a projector.
However, the projection is slightly distorted. Is there a way to solve this problem?
The script ...
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How can i apply gobos to a spotlight to make it look like a real life moving head light?
as you may know most moving head lights used on live stages and dj shows have a gobo feature which allow the light to be restrained on some parts of the spot, as if a cookie cutter was placed in front ...
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Relative reference to object property in material driver?
Is it possible to get a value such as the dimensions (object.dimensions) of an object in the material node editor, without referencing a specific object?
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Replicate the light coming from a projector
Trying to create projection light to put on a scene like this 1
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Example of the light I want to create.
How would I do something like this?
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Can't render spot light with texture
I am trying to render a scene with a spot light and a texture attached to it. Rendering works fine with the Blender renderer. With either cycles or Mitsuba renderers the texture is not rendered.
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