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6 Aug 2024 02:20:35 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Visible Light Rays  
From: Xplo Eristotle
Date: 18 Jun 2002 15:55:22
Message: <3D0F904E.F4B0B42B@infomagic.net>
Chris Friedl wrote:
> 
> Just getting into POV now. I wanted to create "visible" light rays streaming
> from an object (do you ever actually see light itself?).

Light itself is the ONLY thing you ever actually see, unless you count
hallucinations, afterimages, and the like. ;)

> You know, like when
> the sun shines through a gap in the clouds. POV 3.5 beta6 shows an image of
> light through a window in the Insert>Special Effects>Atmospheric Media
> mouseover. I also want to animate to have an effect where the light stream
> intensity seems to increase and decrease. Sort of like a pulsating, brightly
> glowing object sitting in space.
> 
> Can anyone give me some clues on how to go about this?

"Media".

-Xplo


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