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13 Aug 2024 15:28:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: visible flourescent/neon tube light  
From: Nieminen Mika
Date: 9 Sep 1998 07:23:12
Message: <35f65710.0@news.povray.org>
Johannes Hubert <jhu### [at] algonetse> wrote:
: Create your neonsign object.
: Give it an ambient value of 1, so that it glows by itself. Also set the
: "no_shadow" property.
[snip]
: Note: This workaround will not light up objects close to the sign in a
: realistic manner

  This can be achieved with (surprise!) radiosity :)
  A very bright object (like one with ambient set to 1) emits lots of its
color to its surroundings, so with proper radiosity settings it will look
like it's actually emitting light.
  This effect can be seen in the images at
http://iki.fi/warp/pics/Radiosity_test/

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