Can't get light bulb to work

[Borgleader]

Borgleader one thing I notice about your scene is that the backdrop's color is almost black. I think this may be a major reason for the glass rendering dark?

I was trying to imitate :
http://www.indigorenderer.com/forum/vie ... 717#p74717

[Silmä]

How about this?

Thats not bad - but still doesn't have the blooming of a real photo

I quess it might have something to do with the glass-material. The "real thing" can never be perfectly clear, and those small imperfections might create the bloom-effect in the photos. Try to make extremely fine bumbmap on the inside of the bulb, it might give wanted results.

[Borgleader]

Why me? WHY ME? The fireflies have stuck my machine

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[CTZn]

subsurf/subdivide the bulbs and check for eventual intersections with the floor/wall, that should address the issue I think.

[Gog]

Why does everyone do a lightbulb image at some point???

[Godzilla]

Lol.

Well, I'm pretty sure doug did his first (On this forum)

[Borgleader]

1. Because theyre cool
2. Because it's easy to model
3. The end results can be quite varied.

[Gog]

I probably should have put a on my post!

and maybe a link to my light bulb...