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Offline Taristin

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on: October 20, 2001, 09:43:00 am
How ya' doin' AWACs?
Ah's got a simple question. How do you get those thruster glows like you have in your renders? I'm using TS5, and the lights won't show a glow behind an object, and I've tried using planes, with transparency and filtering like with beams, but it's not always successful...  Any suggestions?
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Offline Thorn

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Reply #1 on: October 20, 2001, 09:47:00 am
Speaking of renders..
anyone know of a good rendering tutorial for Lightwave or TS?
I'd like to start doing some HW renders...
 

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Reply #2 on: October 20, 2001, 09:49:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h:
How ya' doin' AWACs?
Ah's got a simple question. How do you get those thruster glows like you have in your renders? I'm using TS5, and the lights won't show a glow behind an object, and I've tried using planes, with transparency and filtering like with beams, but it's not always successful...  Any suggestions?

I thought Setekh used Spear, not Ts?

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Reply #3 on: October 20, 2001, 09:51:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Thorn:
Speaking of renders..
anyone know of a good rendering tutorial for Lightwave or TS?
I'd like to start doing some HW renders...

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Reply #4 on: October 20, 2001, 10:47:00 am
 
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Originally posted by venom2506:
 I thought Setekh used Spear, not Ts?
Thats "Spire".

And he uses little lens flares for all his glows, just don't ask me how he got it to look so good. I can't seem to replicate it.

 

Offline Taristin

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Reply #5 on: October 20, 2001, 01:01:00 pm
I tried lensflares... Damn (we can say that right?) his spire! TS won't show lensflares if they are behind the object... and these plane concoctions of mine don't allways work right...
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Reply #6 on: October 20, 2001, 04:58:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h:
I tried lensflares... Damn (we can say that right?) his spire! TS won't show lensflares if they are behind the object... and these plane concoctions of mine don't allways work right...

Ha ha...

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Offline Setekh

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Reply #7 on: October 21, 2001, 05:12:00 am
Well, yes I have Spire and yes I use lots of little lens flares - but in particular, I think I have the answer to your question about engine glows behind ships. I set Spire to render lens flares for me so that glows persist even when they are behind other objects. So basically, the engine generates new flares based on what non-transparent objects are above it  
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Reply #8 on: October 21, 2001, 06:20:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Setekh:
Well, yes I have Spire and yes I use lots of little lens flares - but in particular, I think I have the answer to your question about engine glows behind ships. I set Spire to render lens flares for me so that glows persist even when they are behind other objects. So basically, the engine generates new flares based on what non-transparent objects are above it  

there's the same thing in max... you sure your brother made it? sounds really professional to me  
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #9 on: October 21, 2001, 07:23:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h:
I tried lensflares... Damn (we can say that right?) his spire! TS won't show lensflares if they are behind the object... and these plane concoctions of mine don't allways work right...

TS is evil.... it took me half an hour to add 4 visible lights on a render.  If the light intersects in any way with the model, it doesn't show... if you get the wrong settings on the light itself - doesn't work.  And all the lens flares seem to be set to look the same size when rendering, regardless of the actual light size, making it near impossible to add running lights and thrusters at the same time  

 

Offline Thorn

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Reply #10 on: October 21, 2001, 11:36:00 am
Yeah, Ive been using TS till I figure Lightwave out..
god its confusing.
 

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Reply #11 on: October 21, 2001, 12:13:00 pm
TS4 does 90% as much as TS5 when it comes to rendering, and it is alot less complicated.
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Reply #12 on: October 22, 2001, 05:16:00 am
 
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Originally posted by venom2506:
there's the same thing in max... you sure your brother made it? sounds really professional to me  

Oh yes, I'm sure - I made it with him  
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Offline Nico

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Reply #13 on: October 22, 2001, 05:21:00 am
well, bow down before the Woo family then  
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Offline Setekh

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Reply #14 on: October 22, 2001, 06:08:00 am
No no, none of that's necessary   But what you can do is take a look at these...  

 

Enjoy!  
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Offline Thorn

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Reply #15 on: October 22, 2001, 01:03:00 pm
Sweet.....monkeying....christ..
those are sweet...

[edit] damn that monkey [/edit]

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