light profiles

Noun

light profile (countable and uncountable, plural light profiles)

1. A description of the distribution of surface brightness.
   • The Sersic model generally provides an accurate description of the global radial light profile of galaxies but it fails to reproduce the inner regions […]2012, Alessandro Boselli, A Panchromatic View of Galaxies, page 162
2. A description of the distribution of light intensity.
   • A similar system can also be designed in which the far-field light profile, rather than the nearfield light profile, is input into the fly's eye integrator for light uniformization to then provide illumination to the modulator array.2017, Fred M. Dickey, Todd E. Lizotte, Laser Beam Shaping Applications, pages 3-33
3. Data that describes the manner in which a light source behaves, and the type of shadows that are cast.
   • Photometric lights allow you to attach light profiles created by light manufacturers so that you can simulate specific lights in your scenes.2012, Todd Palamar, Mastering Autodesk Maya 2013, pages 9-45
4. An outline or profile in which the figure is light and the background is shadow.
   • Each male summons forth a female pendant down along its contour, a negative of itself with which it is locked into a kiss: the male "shadow profile" at left is kissing a female "light profile"; the male "light profile" at right, a female "shadow profile."2016, Sebastian Zeidler, Form as Revolt: Carl Einstein and the Ground of Modern Art, page 198