In povray.newusers Neil Mercer <nme### [at] mercersconz> wrote:
:     I'm trying to model (amongst other things) a LED.  Building the shape
: has not really been a problem, but now I want to be able to include a light
: inside it so I can make the LED light up (obviously).  I'm having trouble
: getting the light to look right.  So far it either floods the scene with
: light (i.e. too intense) or merely makes the LED structure look like it has
: a shiny surface texture.  What I would like is that nice glow that looks so
: simple and easy!

  I don't know why I'm maintaining a povray VFAQ when nobody is using it...

  Anyways, the answer to this question is, too, in the VFAQ.

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~warp/povVFAQ.html#brightobjects

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