That's why I didn't mention it myself. I tried it and got nowhere.

Margus Ramst wrote:
> 
> I don't get it. How would you use the cylindrical light? Parallel to the
> fluorescent tube? Or pointing where? As far as I can tell a cylindrical
> light gives the same illumination as a spotlight, only confined to a
> cylinder...
> 
> Margus
> 
> Ken wrote:
> >
> >  One thing that you might try is to use a cylindrical light source
> > outside the tube itself (check the docs for syntax) and then use a
> > normal white pigment on the florescent tube with a high ambient value.
> > A value over one is legal, I sometimes go to 10, and will add white
> > color to the scene. This combination I feel will give the illumination
> > that you are looking for and also that white color that florescent
> > lights are commonly known for. Or you might try the cylindrical light
> > source inside the tube to see what happens. Use transmit instead of
> > filter to get the light out or you will lose both intensity as well
> > as the white color of the tube.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Tyler
> >
> > mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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