I’m trying to model a realistic outdoor scene and would like to calculate and display the light received by an object. Specifically, I’d like to compute and display the lux (and average RGB) received by an entire discrete 3D object selected in the scene as perceived by the object (sum over all of its surfaces), not as perceived by the camera. Suppose for example that the object is a solar panel facing away from the camera – I still want to be able to click on it and get the illuminance (lumens / square meter) across its surface.
As I change the lighting direction/intensity, I’d like to see that this value changes, even if it’s not perceived by the camera.
Are there built-in ways to measure the lux for an object? Or techniques that might enable this? Or anything similar?
Thanks!