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1 Sep 2024 16:13:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Glow Tutorial?  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 5 Feb 2001 11:14:16
Message: <3A7ED158.8CD2A6F8@gmx.de>
Geoff Wedig wrote:
> 
> There doesn't seem to be anything on glows in the Megapov docs.  Anyone know
> where I can find a tutorial?  I've got the options from various examples,
> but I don't know what the various parameters do, and experimenting with
> types and the like has be less than illuminating (no pun intended, really)

I have some sample pictures on:

http://www.schunter.etc.tu-bs.de/~chris/pov/glow.html

but i don't know if they are useful.  

> 
> Also, do glows interact with other objects?  When I placed a glow in a hole
> in one object, I got glow effects on the outside of the object.  Is that
> supposed to happen?
> 

Yes, but using additional parameters like size and fade_power sometimes
also leads to wrong interactions.  This is a known problem.  

Christoph

-- 
Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
IsoWood include, radiosity tutorial, TransSkin and other 
things on: http://www.schunter.etc.tu-bs.de/~chris/


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