[vtkusers] Shining object (light bulb or sun)

[Dženan Zukić]

Just making a yellowish light bulb shaped object is not hard, but making it
shine light (only noticeable if it casts shadows) is computationally
expensive and programming-wise more complicated than diffusely lit scene.
Here are some examples:

http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/Visualization/Shadows
http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/MultiPass_Rendering#Shadow_mapping


On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:23 PM, web-Dmitri web-Danewitz <d.danewitz at web.de
> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Is is possible in VTK to create an object that shines by itself? (So that
> one can see the light from the object by looking onto the object, like a
> light bulb, a sun or a lamp)
>
> Greets
> Dmitri
>
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