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Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:21 am
by jfrancis
For the milky white glass that covers the fluorescent tubes inside...
SSS?
Or should I build the illusion of tube hotspots into an image and use it as an emitter?
Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:59 pm
by Mihai
It would be most efficient creating an image MXI emitter.
Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:25 pm
by ivox3
Most.
Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:08 pm
by Mihai
After reading that phrase again yes it does sound very Bill & Teds most excellent adventure.
Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:11 am
by jfrancis
Mihai wrote:It would be most efficient creating an image MXI emitter.
thanks
Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:35 pm
by ricardo
You might use simulens to make the neon glow also.
Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:41 pm
by jfrancis
I'm actually just going for the white 'opal glass' (plastic) over a bank of fluorescent tubes, and some colored plastic letters.
Or this...
(but not the neon)
Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:46 pm
by jfrancis
Might as well say... the actual sign I'm recreating is the old Pussycat Theater sign.
Here are my Adobe Illustrator curves...
http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/ ... heate.html
Maya / Maxwell model in progress