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josethompson3000

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Hey, there. I need some help with frosted glass that is lit-up from behind by lighting. It seems like no matter what I do with the self-illumination of the frosted glass it comes out looking way too white and washed out. I need the natural-looking glow of frosted glass, not something freakishly white. Any tips on how to achieve this? I am also having the same problem creating lamp-shades.

 Any suggestions?

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josethompson3000

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Thanks for the help. And F.Y.I. the link you posted for me to check out did not work. It sent me to some blank page.

 I did manage to finally figure out what I wanted to do, so future Revit users with the same issue pay attention. I turned the self-illumination off, I turned the transparency to 1 (so that light from the light source would shine through) and turned the translucency all the way to 1 (to make it opaque like frosted glass). Now my back-lit glass wall and lamp shades don't look like an ultra-white blob. It looks way more realistic now.

 Thanks, again, WWHub.

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hello. if you still check this i am interested in knowing what family light fixture you used to achieve the backlight? any chance i could check out your family for reference? i am building a headwall for a hospital that we are planning on trying this out on. need to create some renders for the owner.

thanks, Jaysyn

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