From: Roger Orchard
Subject: lights is glass boxes
Date: 12 Oct 1999 03:16:21
Message: <3802e045@news.povray.org>
I am play around with glass boxes.
with a light source out side the boxes it looks OK.
when I put the lights in the boxes I got spots of light is mid air.
what am i doing wrong?
here is one of my test models 16 boxes with a light in each of them.
From: Bob Hughes
Subject: Re: lights is glass boxes
Date: 12 Oct 1999 04:23:48
Message: <3802f014@news.povray.org>
Not easy to see from this, not knowing exactly how it's set up. Looks like
'max_trace_level' could need an increase for one thing. Going to guess
those are 'phong' hilights showing up though, making the lights appear on
the inside surfaces of the boxes..
Bob
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> with a light source out side the boxes it looks OK.>> when I put the lights in the boxes I got spots of light is mid air.>> what am i doing wrong?>> here is one of my test models 16 boxes with a light in each of them.>
From: Lance Birch
Subject: Re: lights is glass boxes
Date: 12 Oct 1999 05:23:40
Message: <3802fe1c@news.povray.org>
First of all:
The lights are too bright! With 16 lights it's "flooding" the scene with
lighting, and that's why you're getting "washed out" colours.
Second:
The spots are the highlights on the glass caused by the lights.
Try making the lights darker.
Bob Hughes wrote:
> Not easy to see from this, not knowing exactly how it's set up. Looks like> 'max_trace_level' could need an increase for one thing. Going to guess> those are 'phong' hilights showing up though, making the lights appear on> the inside surfaces of the boxes..>> Bob>> Roger Orchard <rog### [at] xstreamiscom> wrote in message> news:3802e045@news.povray.org...> > with a light source out side the boxes it looks OK.> >> > when I put the lights in the boxes I got spots of light is mid air.> >> > what am i doing wrong?> >> > here is one of my test models 16 boxes with a light in each of them.> >
I think I know why, you need the box to have a space in it, and maybe
make a lighted (glow) object inside the glass box
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