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From: kevin@mav.com (Kevin Bagley)
Subject: Re: Glowing Back Lights
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 15:09:15 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <202bd9ae.bb2db-mark@fusion.mv.com> from "Mark Thompson" at Feb 8, 95 01:04:54 am
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> Jeffrey Fitzgerald <jlfitz@cais.cais.com> writes:
> > Here's my 4.0 suggestion: Is it possible to make object surfaces
> > become lights? This way I could see how this would work by backlighting
> > the sign object. I am sure somebody farther along than me on this one.
> > Please give your thoughts and suggestions...
>
> You should realize that making a surface emit light has nothing to do
> with glows, backlit or otherwise. So even if you could make your
> surfaces emit light (an extremely non-trivial task), it would not yield
> the effect you are after. However, there will be some new glow capabilities
> in LW 4.
Are these glow capabilities remotely related to radiosity? Radiosity
is a feature that would add outstanding realism to LW scenes. Any
plans for this in the future?
> *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
> * Mark Thompson (603) 424-1829 *
> * Fusion Films Inc. mark@fusion.mv.com *
> * Radiant Image Productions *
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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