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Offline Stunaep

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For all of you derailing my topic with discussions of lens flares, here is where you'll want to come.

Ask away and let the renderers answer! :nod:
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For all of you derailing my topic with discussions of lens flares


That'd be me :D

And I already got everything working. I was just trying to create different engine glows but got stuck with radius parameters.

 

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I see. Well that's like all other lens flare thingys in relative size of the screen, the render, the image, whatever you call it. Are you using Video Post?
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Yes, that too

 

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well, radius have to be animated with the distance. I know, that sux, but that's the way it is :(
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and what proggy are we talking about? MAX?
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I have the same problem. When I use Video Post it doesnt show up in a still render. Then when I use effects I cant adjust color/intensity. I am using Max 5.0

 

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and what proggy are we talking about? MAX?


Yes, we're talking about Max here

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I have the same problem. When I use Video Post it doesnt show up in a still render.


*thinks*

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well, radius have to be animated with the distance. I know, that sux, but that's the way it is


*bangs head against the wall*

*kicks Max*

Crap! The thing I was trying to do didn't work...

 

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Originally posted by Deepblue
I have the same problem. When I use Video Post it doesnt show up in a still render. Then when I use effects I cant adjust color/intensity. I am using Max 5.0


video post effects works only with the video post renderer, the "running guy" icon if you don't know already, and won't show up in the basic renderer.
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See, that's what got me for a long time.



I still can't get firey and gaseous to work with the damn glows though.
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I still can't get firey and gaseous to work with the damn glows though.

Inferno? to what part of the flare are you applying them to?
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.....Glows.

It just gives a ****ty even glow. I want fire dammit! I demand to have at least one area in which I can out-do the animal kingdom.
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Talking about Inferno...I don't know...it's the only effect that doesen't show up. :doubt: Any ideas why?

 

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Talking about Inferno...I don't know...it's the only effect that doesen't show up. :doubt: Any ideas why?

assign Inferno to an effect (usually to the glow or secondary flare) in the general parameters.
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.....Glows.

It just gives a ****ty even glow. I want fire dammit! I demand to have at least one area in which I can out-do the animal kingdom.

try manipulating the transparency and colour values, also radial transparency.
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Originally posted by Stunaep

try manipulating the transparency and colour values, also radial transparency.


Uhuh. Thanks, I'll try that. :)

 

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Lens flares suck.  Don't use them.
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Offline Stunaep

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Lens flares suck.  Don't use them.

does this suck?
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Offline Ulundel

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OK, just let's say for a moment that lens flares suck. This is one of my renders that I just made for testing some lens effects:



And this is the same render when removing all the lens effects:



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Offline Nico

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Originally posted by Eishtmo
Lens flares suck.  Don't use them.


correction: when you don't know how to make good lenseflares, they suck. when badly done, chocolate sux, too.
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