[raja]

a test with emitter layer of similar color for the edge surfaces.
Combination with SSS material looks better i think.

[KurtS]

I am a bit surprised that Tom did not already show up with a great solution to this challenge!

After all - he is the expert on these kind of materials!

[tom]

Thanks Kurt. You all come with very inventive ideas, so I decide to watch it by now as they look really great. But well, who knows... I could make a surprise, soon.

[d7mcfc]

Raja, that is starting to look good now.

But there must be a way of creating this without cheating, surely?

Is this possible. Maybe Tom has the answer????

[caryjames]

I don't know that it is "cheating" to add an emitter layer.

From my limited i.e. high school understanding of fluorescence it goes something like this....

When electrons from light hit substances they impart energy.

In a fluorescent material this causes the electrons in the material getting hit to get excited and to move away from their core.

When they lose that energy and fall back to their original positions they "emit" light.

Fluorescence occurs when the electrons fall back to their original positions immediately

Phosphorescence occurs when the electrons have a delayed response in falling back to their original positions i.e. phosphorescent watch dials that glow all night, long after their exposure to light has occurred.

Whether the plexi glass is truly fluorescent is another matter, but for true fluorescence I think that adding an emitter is a good idea. I could be completely wrong in this but figured I would add my 0.02 cents anyway
Cary

[Luca_Studioaltieri]

yesterday i had in my hands that material (in yellow, red and violet versions). it is not a fluorescent material.

it is composed of many many shiny flat layers, stacked each other: so the up and down sides look shiny, and sides have that "fluo" effect cause you see about 40 cutted foils compressed in 1 centimeter

now i'm trying to re-create it..

[Luca_Studioaltieri]

http://mxmgallery.maxwellrender.com/new ... =0&id=4194

Here's my material.
Samples and "how to apply" are in material gallery.

[raja]

Hi Luca,

Interesting approach, looks good. No time to test it now, but, the sample i used as reference was not with layers, simply a injection molded sample chip, here's the photo: