Hello,
I was following an earlier string about making a "Lightsabre". I got
intrigued and decided to give it a try. Here it is.

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I was the fool who wanted to make a lightsaber in pov. The problem is that
without the 'glow' ability from other 3d packages, such as Lightwave and 3d
studio, it can't easily be done. I tried dozens of combinations of media
unsuccessfully. I must admit, you have the handle and the inner blade well
done. Good luck getting the glow.

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Anthony Bennett wrote:
> 
> I was the fool who wanted to make a lightsaber in pov. The problem is that
> without the 'glow' ability from other 3d packages, such as Lightwave and 3d
> studio, it can't easily be done. I tried dozens of combinations of media
> unsuccessfully. I must admit, you have the handle and the inner blade well
> done. Good luck getting the glow.

I'm mostly happy with the effect I got a couple postings up....

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Yeah, I thought that turned out really good - especially with the dragon! I agree
about the "glow effect" it really does make or break the whole feeling of the
image. The blade in my image is pure media and while I like how it turned out -
still no glow; but I'm working on it. Unfortunately for my sanity I'm hooked to
figurung this out. Thanks for the feed back.
KB-

Scott McDonald wrote:

> Anthony Bennett wrote:
> >
> > I was the fool who wanted to make a lightsaber in pov. The problem is that
> > without the 'glow' ability from other 3d packages, such as Lightwave and 3d
> > studio, it can't easily be done. I tried dozens of combinations of media
> > unsuccessfully. I must admit, you have the handle and the inner blade well
> > done. Good luck getting the glow.
>
> I'm mostly happy with the effect I got a couple postings up....

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Anthony Bennett heeft geschreven in bericht
<36FCD941.2E5127B5@panama.phoenix.net>...
>I was the fool who wanted to make a lightsaber in pov. The problem is that
>without the 'glow' ability from other 3d packages, such as Lightwave and 3d
>studio, it can't easily be done. I tried dozens of combinations of media
>unsuccessfully. I must admit, you have the handle and the inner blade well
>done. Good luck getting the glow.
>

I had no problem getting a glow on this lightsabre.  The blade is an
emitting media, however the media itself is far bigger than the blade, which
gives a glow-effect.

ZK

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Nice! That looks great. I tried the same thing at first with not as good
results. Do you mind sharing the code for your media?
KB-

Zeger Knaepen wrote:

> Anthony Bennett heeft geschreven in bericht
> <36FCD941.2E5127B5@panama.phoenix.net>...
> >I was the fool who wanted to make a lightsaber in pov. The problem is that
> >without the 'glow' ability from other 3d packages, such as Lightwave and 3d
> >studio, it can't easily be done. I tried dozens of combinations of media
> >unsuccessfully. I must admit, you have the handle and the inner blade well
> >done. Good luck getting the glow.
> >
>
> I had no problem getting a glow on this lightsabre.  The blade is an
> emitting media, however the media itself is far bigger than the blade, which
> gives a glow-effect.
>
> ZK
>
>  [Image]

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yes yes
how did ye do that?

Rick
bankspad wrote in message <36FE605A.79A24022@pacbell.net>...
>Nice! That looks great. I tried the same thing at first with not as good
>results. Do you mind sharing the code for your media?
>KB-
>
>Zeger Knaepen wrote:
>
>> Anthony Bennett heeft geschreven in bericht
>> <36FCD941.2E5127B5@panama.phoenix.net>...
>> >I was the fool who wanted to make a lightsaber in pov. The problem is
that
>> >without the 'glow' ability from other 3d packages, such as Lightwave and
3d
>> >studio, it can't easily be done. I tried dozens of combinations of media
>> >unsuccessfully. I must admit, you have the handle and the inner blade
well
>> >done. Good luck getting the glow.
>> >
>>
>> I had no problem getting a glow on this lightsabre.  The blade is an
>> emitting media, however the media itself is far bigger than the blade,
which
>> gives a glow-effect.
>>
>> ZK
>>
>>  [Image]
>

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Rick heeft geschreven in bericht <36fe69ec.0@news.povray.org>...
>yes yes
>how did ye do that?
>
>Rick
>bankspad wrote in message <36FE605A.79A24022@pacbell.net>...
>>Nice! That looks great. I tried the same thing at first with not as good
>>results. Do you mind sharing the code for your media?
>>KB-


Sorry guys, I no longer have the code.  At least I don't find it.  I will
search again, and if I don't find it, I'll try to remake it.
It was a combination of a spherical and a cylindrical, but I don't know
exactly how.
At any rate: expect a new, far better (I hope), version here soon.

ZK

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I look forward to it. I have an improved version in the works as well.
KB-

Zeger Knaepen wrote:

> Rick heeft geschreven in bericht <36fe69ec.0@news.povray.org>...
> >yes yes
> >how did ye do that?
> >
> >Rick
> >bankspad wrote in message <36FE605A.79A24022@pacbell.net>...
> >>Nice! That looks great. I tried the same thing at first with not as good
> >>results. Do you mind sharing the code for your media?
> >>KB-
>
> Sorry guys, I no longer have the code.  At least I don't find it.  I will
> search again, and if I don't find it, I'll try to remake it.
> It was a combination of a spherical and a cylindrical, but I don't know
> exactly how.
> At any rate: expect a new, far better (I hope), version here soon.
>
> ZK

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