Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)

Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)#306340

By jfrancis - Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:21 am

- Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:21 am #306340

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)#306357

By Mihai - Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:59 pm

- Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:59 pm #306357

It would be most efficient creating an image MXI emitter.

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Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)#306366

By ivox3 - Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:25 pm

- Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:25 pm #306366

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Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)#306373

By Mihai - Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:08 pm

- Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:08 pm #306373

After reading that phrase again yes it does sound very Bill & Teds most excellent adventure.

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Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)#306376

By jfrancis - Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:11 am

- Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:11 am #306376

Mihai wrote:It would be most efficient creating an image MXI emitter.

thanks

Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)#306571

By ricardo - Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:35 pm

- Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:35 pm #306571

You might use simulens to make the neon glow also.

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Re: Internally Lit Sign (like a light table)#306572

By jfrancis - Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:41 pm

- Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:41 pm #306572

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)#306573

By jfrancis - Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:46 pm

- Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:46 pm #306573

Might as well say... the actual sign I'm recreating is the old Pussycat Theater sign.

Here are my Adobe Illustrator curves...

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