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  Re: creating a laser  
From: stm31415
Date: 15 Dec 2004 10:00:00
Message: <web.41c050ef6824eb46355907b90@news.povray.org>
"vints" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> hi,
>
> thanks for the help so far, that is exactly what I am looking to create, now
> I am having another issue with the lighting.
>
> I figured that first I would create the light that I want to run through the
> clear and hollow cylinder, but for some reason the light is not appearing
> on the crystal lattice.  When I make the molecules white in color, the
> light appears very faintly on the area i want it to appear.  However when I
> change to color of the molecules to green, the light is too faint to be
> visible, is there a way I can change the strength or intensity of the
> light?
>
> thanks vince

Well, if it is purely red light on a purely green object, it WON'T show up.
If you use a light whose color is, say, <2, 2, 5> (you can use values more
than 1 to increase intensity), and/or a molecule with color, say, <.25, 1,
..25>, it'll look much brighter.

Hope to aee the result.

-S
5TF!


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