Hi,

I am in need of a 3d sphere that can be white in color and radiate an aura of white and other other colors like a sphere of white with an aura of blue, or pink or gold, etc.

Or is there an easy way (I'm not an advanced user and have Poser 8) that I can create one my self?

Look in the props tab. You have a choice of spheres.

Props tab? Okay, will do, but what about making it glow like a light? I have Poser 8. Can it have an auric glow of any color added to it? Maybe that is best done in Photoshop though.

One sphere from the props folder.
Set it at ambient_color white and put ambient_value at 1 to 10 to make it glow=> experiment.

Put a second sphere from the props folder around it at 110 to 120% scale.
Put some transparant on this second sphere and connect a cloud node to it.
Again experiment with the transparancy and the cloud node density to obtain the effect you are looking for.
=>The result will only be visible in the render. Do area renders to test your value's.

Some examples of this tip/trick have been shown here in the past.

     Load a sphere (it's one of the "primitive" props which came with P8).  Duplicate the sphere twice.  Parent the duplicates to the first sphere.

     Scale sphere #2 down to 99%.  Untick the casts shadows box in its parameters properties panel.

     Scale sphere #3 up to 250%.  Untick casts shadows.

     For the first sphere,  untick both casts shadows and visible in raytracing.

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     For the first sphere -which will be your visible glowing object- give it an ambient value of a half to two-thirds, in whatever color you like.  Reduce the diffuse value by the same amount.

     For the second (slightly smaller) sphere, copy the same material, but give it an ambient value of about 7.  This unseen prop will emit light if you render with IDL engaged.

     For the third (much larger) sphere, use this double edge blend node material, but change the color in the ambient color box.

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     To get an edge blend node, enter the advanced material room, right-click on an empty space, and you should get a fly-out menu;  select new node - math - edge blend.

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     Your three spheres should be nested like Russian matroishka dolls (concentric), with the hidden IDL emitter just inside the visible glowing sphere, and the faint aura well outside.

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     Render with raytracing and IDL engaged.  Higher values for irradiance caching and indirect light quality will give give better (more even) lighting, but will take more time and RAM to render.

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.(edit:  beat to the post by vilters!)

How 'bout a metallic gold sphere? How would I create one of those?

There are gold materials included with Poser.  Just apply one of them to your sphere.

The gold materials supplied with Poser look nothing like gold.

As always, if you want a material, do Rendo search, type in what you want, and in the "Search specific user" field, put bagginsbill.

Also, search more than the last 45 days. Some important posts that are still totally the best answer were posted years ago.

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