'Smooth shading' casts a strange glow

[Hieronimos Audeburgh]

Hey all,

I'd like to apply 'smooth shading' to my model in order to make it look smoothly round instead of the edges of the model showing through (left in the pic).

When I apply smooth shading in Blender everything looks perfect, the edges I want to be sharp are sharp and the helmet is nice and round. But when I upload the model to SL I get a strange glow on the faces that have smooth shading applied (right on the pic).

Does anyone know how I can prevent this strange glow from appearing on the model?

Thanks!

/Jay

[Aquila Kytori]

If you haven't already try  adding an edge loop and sliding it down close to the lower edge :

[Drongle McMahon]

Or you can use the edge-split modifier and mark the bottom edge as sharp (remember to apply modifiers on export). There ar advantages and disadvantages to each method. Both invrease the uploader vertex count by the same amount.

[Hieronimos Audeburgh]

THANKS! : D : D

It worked!

It took me quite some time experimenting with both edge loop and sharp edge, but in the end I got it exactly the way I wanted it to look by using sharp edges & edge split!

I'm so happy I finally know how this shading thing works on simple objects such as these - it opens up a whole new world of possibilities!! : D

Thanks so much again! : D