>
>Specifically, my current project is a ruby.  A ruby mounted in the pommel
of
>a sword.  Problem is that it's for web graphics, and the background has to
>be black to match the site.  A Ruby rendered against a black backdrop
simply
>doesn't show up.  (It does, but it's virtually impossible to see.)  What
I'm
>trying to do to correct that is put a point light in the center of the
ruby,
>and give it a magical radiate/glow from within kind of thing.  No matter
>what I've tried with media, I haven't been able to get the light to
radiate.


Put a small sphere White, ambient 1 in the centre of the ruby. No need
for media, just make the ruby's filter value about 0.4.

Gail
p..s Excalibur pic on my web site has exactly this done.
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