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Parenting a light to clothing

OskarssonOskarsson Posts: 793
edited December 1969 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

...would be cool! Any idea how this could be achieved? Parenting a light to, say a piece of Genesis clothing works until you start dialing in the morphs. The light stays in the same position. How could one make a light follow Genesis morphs?
The light is not geometry so it doesn't care about the morphs. Any tricks that could change that?

I got a really cool outfit in mind if I can work out how this is done. Any help would be appreciated!

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  • Canary3dCanary3d Posts: 2,032
    edited December 1969

    I think you can use a light-emitting material on a regular non-light object? Better lighting minds than mine know how....

  • OskarssonOskarsson Posts: 793
    edited December 1969

    Thanks, Canary3D! I heard that the area light was broken in later versions of Studio but I should definitely check that out for myself...

    I was thinking of parenting a couple of point lights to a piece of clothing, I think that would look spectacular!

  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 5,989
    edited December 1969

    Uber Area Light is working in DAZ 4.5.1.6.

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited December 1969

    Oskarsson said:
    Thanks, Canary3D! I heard that the area light was broken in later versions of Studio but I should definitely check that out for myself...

    I was thinking of parenting a couple of point lights to a piece of clothing, I think that would look spectacular!

    It was broken...but it and a number of other renderer problems were fixed in 4.5.1.6...which should be ample reason to upgrade to that version (the other major renderer fix was a raytrace bug).

  • OskarssonOskarsson Posts: 793
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Guys! I might not be the effect I'm looking for but it looks like my best bet right now...

  • OskarssonOskarsson Posts: 793
    edited December 1969

    Nope, that looks like crap... I'll keep trying.

  • Canary3dCanary3d Posts: 2,032
    edited December 1969

    Here's a how-to for the idea I'm thinking of: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/1281/#14838

    I haven't tried it but it's not a point light, more like a ball with a special shader.

  • OskarssonOskarsson Posts: 793
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Canary:) Yeah, I might have to go with a shader-based solution... Bummer.

  • IanTPIanTP Posts: 1,329
    edited December 1969

    Have a look at this thread, very interesting. http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/14536/

  • OskarssonOskarsson Posts: 793
    edited December 1969

    Thanks IanzThingz!

    Getting closer but I would still like to get a regular light in there... It's not looking like I want it. Sigh.

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  • IanTPIanTP Posts: 1,329
    edited December 1969

    you may have to put the intensity up on the light, i used 250 in this pic http://ianzthingz.deviantart.com/#/d5q4r8v something here is interesting too http://simonjm.deviantart.com/#/d5q7eyu and here http://simonjm.deviantart.com/#/d5q80cd

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