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14 Nov 2024 17:12:50 EST (-0500)
  Re: Problems scaling media  
From: PoD
Date: 23 May 1999 16:17:32
Message: <374854F2.9382B525@merlin.net.au>
Jan Danielsson wrote:
> 
> >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}.
> 
> Hmmmmm... Strange. I'll try that.
> 
> Thanks for the reply!
> 
>  /j

Media effects are created on a 'per unit distance' basis.
If you make the media smaller, you'll have to increase the density or
the rgb value.  Imaging looking through 1cm of glowing gas verus 1m of
the same gas.

Cheers, PoD.


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