How To Make An Object Emit Light

[scoonie_p]

how can i make an object emit light ?

cheers jonny

[puppiesam]

If you want an object to glow just select the object, go to the attibute editor (ctrl+A) than go to the matirial assigned to the object, Example, Lambert 1, blinn 2. Preferably make a new matirial for the object. Than click on the Special Effects tab, it should than open and under that there is a Glow intecity bar, play around with it to get the intesity that you want.

[scoonie_p]

Thanks but i already knew that its just i want to use an object as an actual light because the glow effect doesnt really light a room. For example i would like to turn a cylinder into a flurescent tube? Is there anyway at all to make flurescent tubes

[joojaa]

turn up incanascense and use fg to gather that light.

[safarisister]

Joojaa, what's fg? SS

[joojaa]

Final gather its the secondary hemisphericaly samplked resultcolor collection of mr, to simulate the bounce of light.