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Hide "light" object

Postby Jorgensen » Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:00 pm

Jorgensen Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:00 pm
Hi

Probably a dum question, but is it possible to create an object with a emissive material, and hide the object, so only the light i visible?

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Re: Hide "light" object

Postby fuzzybro » Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:34 pm

fuzzybro Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:34 pm
Hi Jorgensen,

Sure, just create Diffuse material, set emission and then set opacity to 0. Object will be invisible but preserve emission.

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Re: Hide "light" object

Postby Jorgensen » Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:12 pm

Jorgensen Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:12 pm
Ah ok - thanks :-)
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Re: Hide "light" object

Postby polxuriach » Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:17 pm

polxuriach Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:17 pm
Excuse me, do we need to set the opacity to 0 of the material attached or the object?
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Re: Hide "light" object

Postby Jorgensen » Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:01 pm

Jorgensen Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:01 pm
i'm trying to redo this - create an object add a diffuse material, add emission material with blackbody emission, but when i change the opacity both the object and light disappears.

what am i'm doing wrong :-(

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Re: Hide "light" object

Postby bepeg4d » Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:24 pm

bepeg4d Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:24 pm
Hi jorgensen,
here it seems to work as expected:
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Re: Hide "light" object

Postby Jorgensen » Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:14 pm

Jorgensen Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:14 pm
hi beppe

your right - now i works here to - don't know what i did wrong.

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