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'A Guide to Neon Lights with V-Ray'
by Joe Pizzini



V-Ray Displacement Settings for Wall (Left) :

- 2D Mapping was used
- Plaster2D.jpg was used for the displacement map
- Amount was set to .03"

 


Displacement Map (Included in zip file)



Texture Map For Wall (Included in zip file)


V-Ray Displacement Settings for the hand Chalk (Left) :

- 2D Mapping was used
- chalkdisplace.jpg was used for the displacement map
- Amount was set to .001"

Note : The displacement map choice for the chalk was fairly arbitrary. Basically all I wanted was to have a rough surface on the chalk to simulate it has been used.


Hand Chalk (white object)


Texture Map For hand chalk (Included in zip file)





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Final :



Below you can see the neon lights with this scen and iif you click on the image, you can download a flash movie of them working.


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