Omni Light

Omni Light is a point source emitting light in all directions (360 degrees) and realistically reproducing shadow cast. This type of light serves to simulate light sources with bright center and equal roll-off of intensity. An example of such a light is an ordinary household lightbulb, uncovered and hanging from the ceiling. Omni Light proves useful for general lighting purposes in indoor scenes because of its nondirectional qualities.

Please note that as Omni Light uses cubemap modulation, the shadowing by this source requires 6 passes and can be expensive.

Omni Light has a variety of shapes and, therefore, can be used to create area lights, for example, realistic interior or street lights.

Example scene that uses Omni Light

Light Settings#

Mode	The type of texture used to define light's distribution: IES — light distibution is defined by the IES profile, a lighting industry standard of describing how the light is cast based on real-world measured light fixtures. Omni Light sources without and with IES profile Simple — a cubemap texture is projected by Omni Light. Such modulations allow you to re-light the affected scene area in a new way at the same performance cost, create variegated light scattering patterns and, for example, imitate several light sources. Cubemap texture Modulation by texture
Texture	A cubemap or IES texture projected by Omni Light.

Mode

The type of texture used to define light's distribution:

IES — light distibution is defined by the IES profile, a lighting industry standard of describing how the light is cast based on real-world measured light fixtures.

Omni Light sources without and with IES profile
Simple — a cubemap texture is projected by Omni Light. Such modulations allow you to re-light the affected scene area in a new way at the same performance cost, create variegated light scattering patterns and, for example, imitate several light sources.

Cubemap texture

Modulation by texture

Texture

A cubemap or IES texture projected by Omni Light.

Shadow Settings#

Enabled	Toggles rendering of shadows produced by this light source on and off.
Shadow Side Enabled	Omni Light makes shadows to be cast to the six cubemap sides. By default, shadows are cast in all directions: positive and negative X axis, positive and negative Y axis, and positive and negative Z axis. Any direction can be disabled, if necessary.

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See Also#

Adding Omni Light#

Setting Omni Light Parameters#

Light Settings#

Shadow Settings#