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#Handwritting tail end

    19-Feb-94 11:12:31
Sb: #Handwritting tail end
Fm: Christopher Martin 73561,615
To: ALL
Wow! The tip on lofting a horizontal wipe through a "handwritting" path was great! I have had lots of fun with this. It came up at a particularly good time for me, because I had an effect required and wasn't certain how I was going to go about it. It turns out that this is a great way to do animated line graphs! I am having a little problem, however. It is true that the selected material for this item must have shinniness turned all the way down to 0? Otherwise I can see edges too early. Also, it is true that only ray traced shadows will generate a shadow that goes along with the object? These I can live with. What I can't is the very end of the object that is exposed the entire time. I tried the suggestion of making the material a decal, but then I get nothing at all. I admit that I've went right to playing with this and missed a bunch of additional messages on this topic. If these were addressed and I missed them I apologize. If so could someone head me in the right direction to find the old thread? Otherwise, are there suggested solutions to handling the very end of the object?