Do I need a pigment? If so what color? And should I be able to see it when I
click on Preview in the Materials Editor? And do I turn Reflection on? How
about shadows on the cone object, should it be on or off. I find that with
it on and the value set to .20 it is begining to look like a cone. Its not
glowing however.


"Dearmad" <dea### [at] applesnakenet> wrote in message
news:3C41F9AA.81B46EDB@applesnake.net...
> I'm not sure what would work specific to your needs.  For what I
> needed in Fireflies:  Try a simple high ambiance and high
> transperency.  With the latest stuff in POV (I used POlyray)
> maybe even some glow.  Kill specularity to 0.  It should be a
> very simple texture.  Make sure the cone is as long as you want
> the light to be.
>
> If you want fade-off, try a gradient texture along the top to
> bottom axis of the cone that fades color from high values to
> black... add a *little* noise to it if you like.
>
> HTH
>
> -Peter
> --
> Current obsession: "Ballet pour ma fille."
> http://www.applesnake.net

Post a reply to this message