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  Re: Colored Neon Lights that are real light sources.  
From: Eitan Tal
Date: 1 Oct 2001 15:11:44
Message: <3BB8BF10.3E2C1079@netvision.net.il>
How do I make the area_light?

Bill DeWitt wrote:

> "Jamie Davison" <jam### [at] ntlworldcom> wrote :
> >
> > If you want Neon sign style lettering, then a sphere_sweep in POV 3.5Beta
> > filled with media may be what you're after, but you'd have to use an
> > obscene number of point lights scattered along the length of yout 'tube'
> > to get the lighting effect.
>
>     A properly configured area_light might work for some neon signs, as long
> as the neon doesn't have to illuminate something very near the sign. In that
> case you need a grid or sweep of real lights.


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