V-Ray Material integrates Light Material

[phizikl]

Hi,
i am wondering, why not add a new luminance channel for the normal vray material? that way each material could be emitting light as well, and no necessity for creating blend materials is needed?

like the standard material has self-illumination option as well-

[crazy homeless guy]

+1. In addition to the Vray light materials already present.

[vlado]

Yep it is marked as a feature request so it will appear at some point.

Best regards,
Vlado

[phizikl]

nice one vlado,

one more question...

can you add an option for this new material, so that it emits light?
right now it only works with GI, and you have to REALLY crank the settings to get a nice soft diffuse glow,
render settings shoot up tremendously,

one can achieve almost same effect by putting light sphere inside..

so my question...

why not add option to have material emit light?
that way it can be lightmaterial and shine lights to other objects, and get glowing effect, without any GI
this is also necessary, because if you work with particles, theres no way to keep the lights inside the mesh,

would be great if you can consider it

thanks alot

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