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14 Aug 2024 05:14:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Translucent Wax Candle  
From: Martin Magnusson
Date: 4 Dec 2002 01:37:50
Message: <3DEDA2CD.4070908@frustratedhousewives.zzn.com>
jfmiller wrote:
> This is an experiment for a larger picture I'm construction.  It shows a
> translucent wax candle.  Getting the wax to "glow" without being transparent
> is amazingly difficult.   Comments and suggestions welcomed.

How did you do this? Sub-surface scattering or regular textures? It's a 
bit tough to judge without the flame, but to me the gradient seems a bit 
too sharp where it goes from light to dark. My spontaneous reaction is 
that it should be smoother, or maybe that the light part should be shorter.

/ martin


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