[thelist] Volumetric lighting in Flash ?

[John Dowdell]

At 6:46 AM 2/1/2, BT Bigpant wrote:
> Is there a way to create 3DSMax volumetric lighting effects in Flash ?

Sorry, the Macromedia Flash Player is a 2D sprite animation system, and so
has no volume.

(People do make swirly searchlights as a simulation, but it's important to
remember that realtime alpha transparency adds to the load on the
computer.)

jd






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