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From: Drake
Date: 23 Mar 2010 12:50:00
Message: <web.4ba8f00839a18e3d99d6d1320@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
> I would echo Jim's comments on using a light_group setup--one group (of all the
> lights) for the chevron, one for everything else. (The same lights in each, but
> with different intensities.)
>
> Another way of going about your problem would be to give your lights a
> fade_distance and fade_power.  With a bit of tweaking, you could probably get
> the chevron to look the way you want, as well as the surroundings.
>
> BTW, that's a *really* nice sunset pigment for your sky_sphere! I may have to
> 'borrow' it for future scenes.  :-)
>
> Ken

I tried using fade_distance and fade_power on the lights and it works great!
Thanks a lot :)

As for the sky_sphere, I 'borrowed' it as well.
http://povray.tashcorp.net/tutorials/qd_realskysphere/


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