Confused by GenSky

radiance-general
1

Hi Everyone,

It's been some time since I asked a dumb question of the clever people at radiance-general, so here goes...

I'm trying to render some scenes with varying illumination, in particular I want to vary the diffuseness of the illumination.

Currently I'm doing this with a hemi-field of spherical lights, with a non-homogenous density. This works fine for example <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsMeTtIPFA&list=HL1379509671&feature=mh_lolz>

However, that's for my made-up illumination, I need to confirm that what I'm doing bears any relationship to "real" illumination, i.e. using gensky with "+s", "-s" etc.

I've tried rendering the same scene while specifying the sun position using gensky, for example this works fine:

% Gensky settings: -ang 45 45 +s
%
% # C:\Program Files (x86)\MinGW-Radiance\bin\gensky -ang 45 45 +s
% # Ground ambient level: 14.8
%
% void light solar
% 0
% 0
% 3 6.77e+006 6.77e+006 6.77e+006
%
% solar source sun
% 0
% 0
% 4 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107 0.5
%
% void brightfunc skyfunc
% 2 skybr skybright.cal
% 0
% 7 1 9.56e+000 2.12e+001 5.71e-001 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107
%

However, when I try with the -s sky:

% Gensky settings: -ang 45 45 -s
%
% # C:\Program Files (x86)\MinGW-Radiance\bin\gensky -ang 45 45 -s
% # Ground ambient level: 14.8
%
% void brightfunc skyfunc
% 2 skybr skybright.cal
% 0
% 7 1 9.56e+000 2.12e+001 5.71e-001 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107

It just fails to render "pfilt: picture too dark or too bright ". The -c -u -i skies also don't render.

I'm running minGW radiance in windows (with a Matlab wrapper), the +s, -s, -c and -u skies work fine when I specify time and geographical location with gensky, but I want to specify the exact sun position.

Anyone have any suggestions?

best wishes,

George

2

Do you have a sky dome hemisphere definition in your scene such as the following? It would have to come after your gensky command in the scene.

skyfunc glow skyglow
0
0
4 1 1 1 0

skyglow source sky
0
0
4 0 0 1 180

However, when I try with the -s sky:

It just fails to render "pfilt: picture too dark or too bright ". The -c -u -i skies also don't render.

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3

Hi Christopher,

Yes, that gets tagged-on by another part of the wrapper (spaghetti code). My actual world.rad file contains this:-

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*******************

# C:\Program Files (x86)\MinGW-Radiance\bin\gensky -ang 45 45 -s

# Ground ambient level: 14.8

void brightfunc skyfunc

2 skybr skybright.cal

0

7 1 9.56e+000 2.12e+001 5.71e-001 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107

skyfunc glow skyglow 0 0 4 1.00 1.00 1.00 0
skyglow source sky 0 0 4 0 0 1 180
void plastic white
0
0
5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.2
********************

Other bits of the scene are represented in another file <the rectangular groundplane and horse).

You did direct me to one bug, my specified sky colour was ignored and [1 1 1] was always inserted. Luckily I've only ever used a [1 1 1] sky, thanks for fixing my future-bug.

George

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From: Christopher Rush [[email protected]]
Sent: 18 September 2013 14:54
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Confused by GenSky

Do you have a sky dome hemisphere definition in your scene such as the following? It would have to come after your gensky command in the scene.

skyfunc glow skyglow
0
0
4 1 1 1 0

skyglow source sky
0
0
4 0 0 1 180

From: Paul Lovell [mailto:[email protected]]

However, when I try with the -s sky:

It just fails to render "pfilt: picture too dark or too bright ". The -c -u -i skies also don't render.

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Have you tried adding a sky radiance level explicitly? I can't remember the correct option right now.

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Paul Lovell <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

It's been some time since I asked a dumb question of the clever people
at radiance-general, so here goes...

I'm trying to render some scenes with varying illumination, in
particular I want to vary the diffuseness of the illumination.

Currently I'm doing this with a hemi-field of spherical lights, with a
non-homogenous density. This works fine for example
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsMeTtIPFA&list=HL1379509671&feature=mh_lolz&gt;

However, that's for my made-up illumination, I need to confirm that
what I'm doing bears any relationship to "real" illumination, i.e.
using gensky with "+s", "-s" etc.

I've tried rendering the same scene while specifying the sun position
using gensky, for example this works fine:

Gensky settings: \-ang 45 45 \+s
\# C:\\Program Files \(x86\)\\MinGW\-Radiance\\bin\\gensky \-ang 45 45 \+s # Ground ambient level: 14.8
void light solar
0 0
3 6\.77e\+006 6\.77e\+006 6\.77e\+006
solar source sun 0
0 4 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107 0.5
void brightfunc skyfunc
2 skybr skybright\.cal 0
7 1 9\.56e\+000 2\.12e\+001 5\.71e\-001 \-0\.500000 \-0\.500000 0\.707107

However, when I try with the -s sky:

Gensky settings: \-ang 45 45 \-s
\# C:\\Program Files \(x86\)\\MinGW\-Radiance\\bin\\gensky \-ang 45 45 \-s # Ground ambient level: 14.8
void brightfunc skyfunc
2 skybr skybright\.cal 0
% 7 1 9.56e+000 2.12e+001 5.71e-001 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107

It just fails to render "pfilt: picture too dark or too bright ". The
-c -u -i skies also don't render.

I'm running minGW radiance in windows (with a Matlab wrapper), the +s,
-s, -c and -u skies work fine when I specify time and geographical
location with gensky, but I want to specify the exact sun position.

Anyone have any suggestions?

best wishes,

George

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Hi Thomas,

I just tried: Gensky settings: -ang 45 45 -s -B 55.87

It works with +s [as it did before] but not with -s.

George

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From: Thomas Bleicher [[email protected]]
Sent: 18 September 2013 16:00
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Confused by GenSky

Have you tried adding a sky radiance level explicitly? I can't remember the correct option right now.

Paul Lovell <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Everyone,

It's been some time since I asked a dumb question of the clever people at radiance-general, so here goes...

I'm trying to render some scenes with varying illumination, in particular I want to vary the diffuseness of the illumination.

Currently I'm doing this with a hemi-field of spherical lights, with a non-homogenous density. This works fine for example <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsMeTtIPFA&list=HL1379509671&feature=mh_lolz>

However, that's for my made-up illumination, I need to confirm that what I'm doing bears any relationship to "real" illumination, i.e. using gensky with "+s", "-s" etc.

I've tried rendering the same scene while specifying the sun position using gensky, for example this works fine:

% Gensky settings: -ang 45 45 +s
%
% # C:\Program Files (x86)\MinGW-Radiance\bin\gensky -ang 45 45 +s
% # Ground ambient level: 14.8
%
% void light solar
% 0
% 0
% 3 6.77e+006 6.77e+006 6.77e+006
%
% solar source sun
% 0
% 0
% 4 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107 0.5
%
% void brightfunc skyfunc
% 2 skybr skybright.cal
% 0
% 7 1 9.56e+000 2.12e+001 5.71e-001 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107
%

However, when I try with the -s sky:

% Gensky settings: -ang 45 45 -s
%
% # C:\Program Files (x86)\MinGW-Radiance\bin\gensky -ang 45 45 -s
% # Ground ambient level: 14.8
%
% void brightfunc skyfunc
% 2 skybr skybright.cal
% 0
% 7 1 9.56e+000 2.12e+001 5.71e-001 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107

It just fails to render "pfilt: picture too dark or too bright ". The -c -u -i skies also don't render.

I'm running minGW radiance in windows (with a Matlab wrapper), the +s, -s, -c and -u skies work fine when I specify time and geographical location with gensky, but I want to specify the exact sun position.

Anyone have any suggestions?

best wishes,

George

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I assume you are rendering with -ab 1 or greater. Otherwise, the sky will never be sampled.

-Greg

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From: Paul Lovell <[email protected]>
Date: September 18, 2013 8:20:53 AM PDT

Hi Thomas,

I just tried: Gensky settings: -ang 45 45 -s -B 55.87

It works with +s [as it did before] but not with -s.

George

From: Thomas Bleicher [[email protected]]
Sent: 18 September 2013 16:00
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Confused by GenSky

Have you tried adding a sky radiance level explicitly? I can't remember the correct option right now.

Paul Lovell <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Everyone,

It's been some time since I asked a dumb question of the clever people at radiance-general, so here goes...

I'm trying to render some scenes with varying illumination, in particular I want to vary the diffuseness of the illumination.

Currently I'm doing this with a hemi-field of spherical lights, with a non-homogenous density. This works fine for example <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsMeTtIPFA&list=HL1379509671&feature=mh_lolz&gt;

However, that's for my made-up illumination, I need to confirm that what I'm doing bears any relationship to "real" illumination, i.e. using gensky with "+s", "-s" etc.

I've tried rendering the same scene while specifying the sun position using gensky, for example this works fine:

Gensky settings: \-ang 45 45 \+s
\# C:\\Program Files \(x86\)\\MinGW\-Radiance\\bin\\gensky \-ang 45 45 \+s # Ground ambient level: 14.8
void light solar
0 0
3 6\.77e\+006 6\.77e\+006 6\.77e\+006
solar source sun 0
0 4 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107 0.5
void brightfunc skyfunc
2 skybr skybright\.cal 0
7 1 9\.56e\+000 2\.12e\+001 5\.71e\-001 \-0\.500000 \-0\.500000 0\.707107

However, when I try with the -s sky:

Gensky settings: \-ang 45 45 \-s
\# C:\\Program Files \(x86\)\\MinGW\-Radiance\\bin\\gensky \-ang 45 45 \-s # Ground ambient level: 14.8
void brightfunc skyfunc
2 skybr skybright\.cal 0
% 7 1 9.56e+000 2.12e+001 5.71e-001 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107

It just fails to render "pfilt: picture too dark or too bright ". The -c -u -i skies also don't render.

I'm running minGW radiance in windows (with a Matlab wrapper), the +s, -s, -c and -u skies work fine when I specify time and geographical location with gensky, but I want to specify the exact sun position.

Anyone have any suggestions?

best wishes,

George

7

Greg, thankyou!

A change I made in my wrapper a few weeks ago left out the ab setting, now it's back and it works.

Thanks everyone,

George

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On 18/09/2013 17:00, Greg Ward wrote:

I assume you are rendering with -ab 1 or greater. Otherwise, the sky will never be sampled.

-Greg

*From: *Paul Lovell <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>

*Date: *September 18, 2013 8:20:53 AM PDT

*

Hi Thomas,

I just tried: Gensky settings: -ang 45 45 -s -B 55.87

It works with +s [as it did before] but not with -s.

George

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*From:* Thomas Bleicher [[email protected]]
*Sent:* 18 September 2013 16:00
*To:* Radiance general discussion
*Subject:* Re: [Radiance-general] Confused by GenSky

Have you tried adding a sky radiance level explicitly? I can't remember the correct option right now.

Paul Lovell <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Hi Everyone,

    It's been some time since I asked a dumb question of the clever
    people at radiance-general, so here goes...

    I'm trying to render some scenes with varying illumination, in
    particular I want to vary the diffuseness of the illumination.

    Currently I'm doing this with a hemi-field of spherical lights,
    with a non-homogenous density. This works fine for example
    <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsMeTtIPFA&list=HL1379509671&feature=mh_lolz&gt;

    However, that's for my made-up illumination, I need to confirm
    that what I'm doing bears any relationship to "real"
    illumination, i.e. using gensky with "+s", "-s" etc.

    I've tried rendering the same scene while specifying the sun
    position using gensky, for example this works fine:

     Gensky settings: \-ang 45 45 \+s &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
     \# C:\\Program Files \(x86\)\\MinGW\-Radiance\\bin\\gensky \-ang 45 45 \+s &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # Ground ambient level: 14.8
     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; void light solar
     0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 6.77e+006 6.77e+006 6.77e+006
     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; solar source sun
     0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107 0.5
     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; void brightfunc skyfunc
     2 skybr skybright\.cal &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0
     7 1 9\.56e\+000 2\.12e\+001 5\.71e\-001 \-0\.500000 \-0\.500000 0\.707107 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

    However, when I try with the -s sky:

     Gensky settings: \-ang 45 45 \-s &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
     \# C:\\Program Files \(x86\)\\MinGW\-Radiance\\bin\\gensky \-ang 45 45 \-s &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # Ground ambient level: 14.8
     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; void brightfunc skyfunc
     2 skybr skybright\.cal &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0
    % 7 1 9.56e+000 2.12e+001 5.71e-001 -0.500000 -0.500000 0.707107

    It just fails to render "pfilt: picture too dark or too bright ".
    The -c -u -i skies also don't render.

    I'm running minGW radiance in windows (with a Matlab wrapper),
    the +s, -s, -c and -u skies work fine when I specify time and
    geographical location with gensky, but I want to specify the
    exact sun position.

    Anyone have any suggestions?

    best wishes,

    George

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