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Help creating a lighting effect


Russel

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Hi,

Is there a way to give an object luminosity (i.e. so that it basically becomes a light source and emits light)

I am working on a project and wanted to create an effect similar to a rope light.

In a 3D app this is quite easy just create a line for a rope and then place a load of small spheres along it and give these a colour and luminosity level.

Any ideas how to achieve this in VW08, I had tried it using point source lights but realy you want to see the actual light source and not just the light.

I tried placing a point light inside a sphere with transparency set but this didn't work.

thanks in advance

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Russel

You can change change any 3d object into an "area light" source. Or any NURB surface extracted from a 3d object.

Select the object. Modify>Convert>Convert to Area Light... You can set a light level or use an IES distribution file, set the color temperature...

Hope you have a lot of time for rendering.

Michael

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