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lighting picture
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:57 pm
by ask-ing
hello,
I´m using SU since the version 3.
now with MR, it's a great combination.
but I´ve got one problem:
who can I make a picture to an emitter ?
I want an lighteffect like a TV or a backlighted-wall.
any idea ?
greetings
stephan
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:30 pm
by marked001
its not really possble with rc5....it would be an hdri image, or mxi in maxwell speak....i'm not really sure how this is accomplished in sketchup in the first place though... anyone?
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:14 pm
by Sheik
You can turn a bitmap to mxi format by opening it in the Maxwell Viewer, then give it intensity and save as mxi. That mxi can then be assigned as an emitter in SU (pick emitter map). But as said it doesn’t work in RC5 (It did work in beta).
Sheik
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:00 am
by ask-ing
thanx for the answers,
okay, that way doesn't work, but an other way could be to make the texture (bmp) transparent. I can pick the bmp as a map, so that it will be rendered, but I can't make it transparent.
someone here who will find it?
greetings
stephan
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 7:32 pm
by donb
Stephan,
Why are you wasting time with rc5. MXI emitters work fine in V1.0.
Getting them to map correctly requires some effort though.
