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14 Nov 2024 17:12:57 EST (-0500)
  Re: Problems scaling media  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 23 May 1999 10:50:21
Message: <37480791.7BBDD267@aol.com>
If you are scaling the object smaller with media already defined in it
your going to need to scale the media larger(?) by a directly proportional
amount. ie. object {YourObject media {scale*2} scale/2} and the reverse is
also true, object {YourObject media {scale/2} scale*2}.


Jan Danielsson wrote:
> 
> Howdy, everyone!
> 
> I'm having problems scaling Media and keeping it visible.
> 
> I have an 'frame-object' which contains a media, It looks as I want it to.
> When I try to create another instance of the object, scale it and translate
> it a little bit the media doesn't show. The 'frame' is still there, but it's
> interior (the media) is not visible. However, I know the media's there since
> I can see it's shadow on the plane.
> 
> If that wasn't clear: Imagine declaring a big lamp which glows with the help
> of media. Create an instance of the object in a scene, and surround the big
> lamp with identical (but smaller) lamps. In my case everything works great,
> except that the smaller lamps' medias don't glow.
> 
> Any ideas? Doesn't the glow in media scale? :-)
> 
>  /j

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