When designing interior lighting effects, it is desirable to compare a variety of lighting designs involving different lighting devices and directions of light. It is, however, time-consuming to generate images with many different lighting parameters, taking interreflection into account, because all luminances must be calculated and recalculated. This makes it difficult to design lighting effec...

rendering algorithms. design must complement such timedependent phenomena as the motion of performers, the changing focus of attention, and the shifting mood of the plot. In addition, the design must remain precisely synchronized with the music. The most difficult and time-consuming part of the lighting design process is determining changes in lighting intensityover time, or dimming. The lighti...

The use of lighting simulation tools has been growing over the past years which has improved lighting analysis. While computer simulations have proven to be a viable tool for analyzing lighting in physical environments, they have difficulty in assessing the effects of light on occupant’s perception. Evidence-based design (EBD) is a design method that is gaining traction in building design due t...