kwerch

Hi peoples...
I am hoping that there is a way to do this. Using a vray light material that is transluscent, similar to an acrylic lens on a lighting fixture.

I've tried different ways to achieve this and am left with too many questions.

Have tried setting up some lights behind a simple transluscent material and though I get some sort of glow, the concentration of light at the source is the exact opposite of what I am trying to accomplish.

When I put down a light material I get a source of light but not the transluscency that I am looking for. I see the Opacity button in the VRAY light mtl but have not figured out how to use it.

Have tried 2 sided material with no luck. Light material backside, opaque material front side.

I will check out the chaos text book and hope I can figure it out from there.

The application, by the way, is for a large lighted panel to be suspended above kitchen work area. There will be some steel structure as well as adjacent acrylic material. The way I see itm the transluscency of all parts is pretty important. Just got to figure out how to pull it off.

Regards,

Karl

BrianKitts

have you been through this tutorial yet?

http://www.vrayelite.com/lightbox.php

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kwerch

Thanks!
That is exactly the effect I am looking for. I'll study that.

Regards-
Karl

batteryoperatedlettuce

Thanks again from me. I'm always looking for different ways to do this.