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Re: [Manta] Displaying Lights in Manta


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  • From: Abe Stephens <abe@sci.utah.edu>
  • To: James Bigler <bigler@sci.utah.edu>
  • Cc: "J. Davison de St. Germain" <dav@sci.utah.edu>, manta@sci.utah.edu
  • Subject: Re: [Manta] Displaying Lights in Manta
  • Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:39:55 -0700

It's easy to add a bunch of spheres to the scene at light positions (something similar is done for camera path control points, it's all application code). I'm not sure if you could add spheres enclosing the lights, and then prevent the spheres from casting shadows across the whole scene.

Abe


On Dec 17, 2007, at 4:32 PM, James Bigler wrote:

Do you plan on doing it?

I could give you pointers on where to start looking around, but I don't have time to implement that feature.

Once you have a working prototype we can evaluate your solution before it goes main line.

James

J. Davison de St. Germain wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to be able to see the location of lights (probably represented by spheres) in scenes in Manta. Is there any reason why this shouldn't be added to the system?
      Thanks,
                Dav




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