how to make light pass through a mesh?

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I see in real world some time light pass through our ears and nose,i wanted to know how to make light pass through a mesh in blender cycles?

related: http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/23559/how-can-i-make-a-translucent-material-on-cycles and http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/38037/translucent-shadow-ceramic-material — , Sep 15 '15 at 14:21

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 14 '17 at 09:17

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You will want to use the sub surface scattering shader (SSS). or the faster and less accurate translucency shader.

Here is Suzanne with a SSS shader applied, and a very bright light behind her:

The small scale causes the light to spread less far within the object. I set the radius to 1.0,0.6,0.6 to give the light the red cast.

edited Mar 14 '17 at 09:17

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answered Sep 15 '15 at 14:43

GiantCowFilms

Can you share you share your .blend file i am new to blender i don't know how to add light like you did? – Hashir Sep 16 '15 at 05:27
@Hashir Sure, here it is: http://blend-exchange.giantcowfilms.com/b/510/ – GiantCowFilms Sep 16 '15 at 14:35
Thanx buddy,i really appereciate it – Hashir Sep 17 '15 at 06:14

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