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15 Aug 2024 08:17:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Glowing thick wire effect?  
From: Patrick Dugan
Date: 15 Jul 2002 19:59:51
Message: <3d3361f7@news.povray.org>
Well I thought about that but I also want the object to actually emit light
too.

"Hugo" <hua### [at] post3teledk> wrote in message
news:3d3350ca$1@news.povray.org...
> > So there may not be a way to make such a thing?
>
> I think there is, just I'm not good at media.. Other people will probably
> tell you how.. But anyway, there might be an alternative to media that
will
> render quicker. If I understand what you're trying to achieve (a small
glow
> around the objects) you could use a pigment_map that goes from 'fully
> transparant' to 'yellowish' and ends in 'white'.. This is a faked glow
> effect..
>
> You could apply this pigment to cylinders, and make up the letters with
> those cylinders. But this idea will only give a 'small' glow.. If you're
> trying to get a big 'fog' around the objects, also visible from far away,
> then you need media.
>
> Regards,
> Hugo
>
>


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