Neon accent lighting

[Rod Pacheco]

Hello All,

 

Has any one had sucess creating a non standard shaped light source such as a neon or led rope accent light that illumintes along the length of the object? I have tried tagging the object I am trying to illuminate as an area light with no success.

Thanks,

Rod

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Try tagging it as an omni-directional light.  Attach a picture so we can see what you're getting.

[Rod Pacheco]

Thanks I'll give it a shot...

[Chas / Aug Posekany]

I just got done working with some rope lighting. Very similar to neon except it is flexible and powered by LED's implanted in a colored transleucent tube.

[akinlolu olugboji]

Can you share the chrome/stainless steel material or the settings?

[Chas / Aug Posekany]

Akin,

The Chrome material is the out of the box ar5 chrome. The trick is to find a hdri that gives you the correct effect in the reflections. It's either that or model the entire surrounding area to have objects that will create the reflections to make the chrome look real.

[akinlolu olugboji]

Thanks for the information.

[Kevin Lockwood]

I did these a LONG time ago when nXt was first born (2007? Really?!?). Extruded solids tagged as omni lights.

[Rod Pacheco]

Thanks all for sharing the images this really helps

 

Rod