# How to add inner glow to 3D mesh object?

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-add-inner-glow-to-3d-mesh-object/30747>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** lights, mesh, materials\
**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-add-inner-glow-to-3d-mesh-object/30747 "2021-10-11T23:22:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![user1234](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/user1234/32/20176_2.png) [@user1234](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/user1234)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-add-inner-glow-to-3d-mesh-object/30747/1 "2021-10-11T23:22:33Z")

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I’m trying to create cubes exactly like the cubes pictured here in leap motion’s VR playground:

 ![Leap-Motion-Blockhead-on-Critters](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/threejs/original/3X/d/8/d839c22f0921281b7766096825abef4957484960.jpeg)

From what I found, to achieve an inner glow it was suggested to add a point light inside the mesh and make the mesh transparent. However, I can’t seem to illuminate the mesh at all using this approach:

[https://jsfiddle.net/2d8wce0v/](https://jsfiddle.net/2d8wce0v/)

How do I achieve this effect without using bloom?

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**Author:** ![drcmda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@drcmda](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/drcmda)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-add-inner-glow-to-3d-mesh-object/30747/2 "2021-10-12T06:08:05Z")

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You can of course tweak the material to make it brighter, for instance by setting emissive which controls the color of the lows but the light emitting from these blocks in that screenshot is selective bloom.

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**Author:** ![prisoner849](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/prisoner849/32/535_2.png) [@prisoner849](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/prisoner849)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-add-inner-glow-to-3d-mesh-object/30747/3 "2021-10-12T06:50:22Z")

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Maybe selective bloom is an option?

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**Author:** ![user1234](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/user1234/32/20176_2.png) [@user1234](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/user1234)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-add-inner-glow-to-3d-mesh-object/30747/4 "2021-10-12T22:02:07Z")

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Ah I did not know they were using selective bloom as well, I thought that maybe this effect could be achieved in a different way