Create Neon Lights with Vray
by Joe Pizzini, USA



V-Ray Material Settings for the YELLOW-BLUE neon light (OFF STATE)

Since this material is for the off state of the neon light, it is not a Light material and it does not generate illumination.

- The material has Fresnel reflections
- IOR set to 2.0
- Max depth set to 8





V-Ray Material Settings for the YELLOW-BLUE neon light (ON STATE)

Since this material is for the ON state of the neon light, it is a V-Ray Light material and it generates illumination.

- The material is a V-Ray light material
- The color has been set to yellow/orange
- The multiplier has been set to 2.0



Vray Light Settings

The light in this scene comes from three sources.

1. Environment light
2. The Neon light
3. The V-Ray light
(All of the above contribute to the global illumination)

As you can see from the screen grab in the right, the V-Ray light is positioned in the top right portion on the scene. It is facing towards the wall and is aimed slightly towards the main scene geometry. I wanted to make it appear as though there was a bar or some other light source just off camera.

- Multiplier was set to 60
- A reddish color was applied to the V-Ray light
- Subdivs were left default at 8




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