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Shiver / Rayfresh
05-30-2005, 02:11 PM
Hello everybody,
i'd like to use an object as a light.

I didn't find any subject about it... :hmm:

i put a lambert on the object
Incandescence to White
Diffuse to white

I turn on Preview finalgather or GI and it doesn't work well... :hmm:

How to make a real lighting object ?
With controled intensity, etc...

Thank you.
mar-one
05-30-2005, 02:48 PM
In your color Chooser change the V to something higher than 1 somewere around 10, then change your FG rays to 10 thousand or close to it. U can play around with the numbers to get what you want.
Shiver / Rayfresh
05-30-2005, 03:57 PM
ok :)
thank you very much.
McC
05-31-2005, 05:44 AM
In your color Chooser change the V to something higher than 1 somewere around 10, then change your FG rays to 10 thousand or close to it. U can play around with the numbers to get what you want.

10,000 tends to bog renders down to disgusting levels. There's got a way to render fast radiosity. I can't believe that MentalRay would be that far behind LightWave's internal renderer. Any ideas?
mimo8
05-31-2005, 05:24 PM
check these threads:
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=213012&page=1&pp=15
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=171173&highlight=lights+object
McC
05-31-2005, 07:23 PM
Thanks! :)
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