Hide "light" object

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Jorgensen
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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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fuzzybro
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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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Jorgensen
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Ah ok - thanks :-)
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Excuse me, do we need to set the opacity to 0 of the material attached or the object?
Jorgensen
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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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Jorgensen
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hi beppe

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

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