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2 Aug 2024 00:14:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: glowing gem  
From: Warp
Date: 17 Feb 2005 22:15:15
Message: <42155dc2@news.povray.org>
Slime <fak### [at] emailaddress> wrote:
> Although radiosity can be used with a high ambient value to cause an object
> to emit light, it's probably better to just use an actual light_source with
> the looks_like keyword.

  The looks_like object is shadowless, and in the case of a softly
glowing gem, it probably should not be.
  Just create the gem and put a light source inside it and that's it.

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -


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