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Making a piece of Plexiglass illuminate
BORIStheBLADE:
--- Quote from: RandyT on January 06, 2008, 01:24:52 pm ---That makes it easier ;)
Then just create some openings in the panel material that line up with the parts you want to illuminate (while keeping the strength of the panel intact) and light from below.
RandyT
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You mean holes ? The one issue I see with this is if I want to illuminate halos it might not work this way.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: BORIStheBLADE on January 06, 2008, 01:32:30 pm ---You mean holes ? The one issue I see with this is if I want to illuminate halos it might not work this way.
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Sure it would. See the part where I wrote about the use of a black vinyl mask.
RandyT
BORIStheBLADE:
OK hold on I'm a little confused. I need to back up a bit. Going with white plexi would give me the best glowing effect right? If the white plexi is glowing why would I need to put holes in the plexi to get light?
bfauska:
I think he meant holes or "openings" in the black masking material. If you want some of the panel to be completely unlit then you need to completely block the light from them, hence the black masking. Where you do want to see light you would need to remove the masking.
BORIStheBLADE:
--- Quote from: bfauska on January 06, 2008, 11:12:50 pm ---I think he meant holes or "openings" in the black masking material. If you want some of the panel to be completely unlit then you need to completely block the light from them, hence the black masking. Where you do want to see light you would need to remove the masking.
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That makes sense.
thanks