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Omni lights & shadows ?

    13-Feb-94 19:28:25
Sb: Omni lights & shadows ?
Fm: Paul Masters 76370,700
To: All
While working with the tutorials I tried something that worked, some what. I put an omni light in an object (a glass and a box). The results were what I expected. The 'inside' of the glass and/or box had the color assigned to the light. However, some of the shadows 'outside' of the object also had the color. This I did not expect. Is this a problem or do I not understand how omni lights work. (I used a spot light with an ajusted target in the glass to get the same effect with out the shadow being colored.)) Also, another question. How can a light be 'seen'? I tried pointing the camera directly at a light but I did not see it even though the results of the light were visable. (I don't mean to see the lights 'rays'. I understand that that is a different effect.) Thanks for any answer.