Maya 2009: Light emitting mesh?

Hey,

Can i turn a mesh into a light? if so how?

Thanks!

Dan.

FinalRender for Maya (and Max) can do this,

Turn any object into light on a material basis with fR-Light, now available in SP3. This is a very flexible and versatile way to bring lighting to your scene. True area light, with flexible area, envelopes any form so that any geometry can be a real true area light. This includes true area shadows from the object’s form. fR-Light offers complete flexibility to mask light or apply noise shaders to distort the emissions just by having a material to adjust!

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