Specular Highlights
This issue was created automatically from an original Mantis Issue. Further discussion may take place here.
I think it would be better if ParaView's display properties allowed adding specular highlights. Partially because specular highlights can help define a curvy surface, but mostly to ramp up the glitz factor.
Specular highlights can be efficiently defined with three parameters: A specular highlight intensity (a slider that goes from 0 to 1 or a checkbox that toggles between the two), the "specular power" variable that defines the size of the highlight (generally between 0 and 128), and a checkbox to determine if the specular highlight should be white (plastic-like) or follow the diffuse color (metal-like). These parameters are fed into the SetSpecular, SetSpecularPower, and SetSpecularColor methods, respectively, of vtkProperty.