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Beyond Gloss
Beyond Gloss
What is
Gloss?
Gloss
Haze
Distinctness of Image (DOI)
Reflected Image Quality (RIQ)
RSpec
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Basics of Light Reflection
3 categories of reflections: Specular / Scattered / Diffuse
3 categories of reflections
1 2 3
O1 O1 O1 O1
O1 O1 O1
O1 O1 O1
Mirrors, perfectly polished Most materials fall into that Best example; White paper.
metals category Also called Lambertian
reflection.
Incoming and outgoing beams Even if most of the light is
have the exact same angle. reflected in the specular Extreme case of scattered
angle, surface defects will reflection where light is
scatter the ligh creating a reflected in all directions with
bell curve deflection. The bell an isotropic distribution.
curve shape will depend on
the microtopography of the
surface.
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Gloss
20°
60°
85°
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What’s New?
2 products with similar gloss can look very different… why?
Gloss is definitively part of the answer. In a glossmeter, the entering light is treated
However, 2 products with similar gloss can look as one single value, the distribution effect
very different…why? (variation) is not taken into account (like it
would be in the human eye). Beam is treated
as a specular reflection.
Distribution effect
Nowadays, equipment with light sensor arrays
is the key allow us to take measurements that mimic the
light reflection on the human eyes cones.
Retina
Rods
Lens Cones
Optic
Rods Nerve
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What’s New?
What are the parameters this new technology allows us to quantify?
Haze
DOI (Distinctness Of Image)
RIQ (Reflected Image Quality)
RSpec (Smoothness quantification)
Even more acurate Gloss values!
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Haze
Haze is produced by imperfections/irregularities on the surface that affect the light
distribution around the specular angle.
Specular angle
Surfaces without haze show a deep Surfaces with haze can be seen as
reflection and high reflected contrast. “milky” or “blurry”.
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DOI
Distinctness Of Image
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RIQ
Reflected Image Quality
RIQ
Reflected Image
Quality
is an improved version of the
DOI
Samples 5 to 10 above show similar DOI results but RIQ
measurements provide discriminant data.
For low gloss surfaces or on samples with low orange peel , RIQ provides results
even more in accordance with our visual perception (compared to DOI)
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RSpec
Peak Specular Reflectance
RSpec is the
Peak Specular
Reflectance Same paint applied on 2 different
surfaces
at ± 0.0991° around the
specular angle.
Uneven/textured surface:
Rspec value drops
RSpec value < Gloss value
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Case Study
4 “similar samples”
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Case Study
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Haze measurements
on 24 specimens of each samples
Ideal value: 0
Best contrast
DOI measurements
on 24 specimens of each samples
Best reflection
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Case Study
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Samples performance:
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Case Study
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Plate 3 Plate 1
Plate 4 Plate 2
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