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YuriyNYR
01-21-2010, 07:13 PM
Hey all,

I would like to make an object to be able to emit and illuminate the scene and surrounding objects.

I already tried the "incadecence and final gather" method, didn't really like the result, also tried the paint effects method but it's a bit difficult to create a 3D object with paint effects.

So lets say I have an object like a bottle for example, and I want that whole bottle to emit light.. mimic a neon light for instance, which will emit light around the edges of the object but also reflecting of surfaces around the scene...

How could this be done?

Thanks, Yuriy.
Reed5point0
01-21-2010, 07:31 PM
mia_light_surface might be what you are looking for.

The shader itself only returns a color and does not do any other shading per se. A tip is to use it plugged into the additional_color of mia_material.

http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2009help/mr/shaders/architectural/arch_util.html#mi_shader__mia_envblur

3/4 of the way down if where you find the mia_light_surface on that page
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