Radiosity -v- Spinny Lights

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7th June 2001

Radiosity -v- Shadow Maps -v- Spinny Lights


I've been trying to emulate Radiosity renders with spinny lights. Basically, because my G3466 is lagging way behind in terms of horsepower, radiosity is never usually an option. In this particular test scene I eventually found that I really liked being able to use a simple shadow mapped spot with a projection image (which gets washed out by the motion blur of the spinny light). (Please note that by a bizarre twist of fate, I run my gamma at 2.2 because most of my output is aimed at PC users, some of the darker tones will be a little washed out on a Mac! But it *is* a work in progress ;-)

Shadow Mapped..



Radiosity..



Spinny Shadow Mapped Spot..



Mini Close Up (Just for Fun!) - Shadow Mapped Spot



Spinning Shadow Map...



Spinning Shadow Map



Spinning Shadow Map..



Non-Spinning Shadow Map - Excuse the Tiling Wall Texture and Stems!