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Back again with another problem that is slowing down a current project.
To display a magnetic field around an electrical conductor I animated a radial ramp on a plane (which is multiplied by an array modifier). In the animation the rings of the texture are moving outwards. I use the alpha channel of the texture so that only the radial pattern is visible (see attached image for an early version). Now I want the texture/material to emit light also and again only at the radial pattern and stronger in the center with less the further you get to the side. I played around with various settings but to no end. Setting the Light parameter for the object does not seem to work, setting the material to a light material does not work either. I can not get the object to emit light. I achieved the result I want in Blender/Octane but would like to use V-Ray for this project, mainly because of faster render times (time is pressing).
I use the latest build of V-Ray and the custom build of Blender for V-Ray 2.6
Any suggestions on how to solve this problem?
Sven
To display a magnetic field around an electrical conductor I animated a radial ramp on a plane (which is multiplied by an array modifier). In the animation the rings of the texture are moving outwards. I use the alpha channel of the texture so that only the radial pattern is visible (see attached image for an early version). Now I want the texture/material to emit light also and again only at the radial pattern and stronger in the center with less the further you get to the side. I played around with various settings but to no end. Setting the Light parameter for the object does not seem to work, setting the material to a light material does not work either. I can not get the object to emit light. I achieved the result I want in Blender/Octane but would like to use V-Ray for this project, mainly because of faster render times (time is pressing).
I use the latest build of V-Ray and the custom build of Blender for V-Ray 2.6
Any suggestions on how to solve this problem?
Sven
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