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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: spicy on March 11, 2008, 07:23:49 am

Title: Lighting Effects
Post by: spicy on March 11, 2008, 07:23:49 am

Hello. Say I wanted to make a Lightsaber (From Star Wars) and I wanted the glow on the light saber when it moved and stood still. How would I do that?

Title: Re: Lighting Effects
Post by: hihosilver on March 11, 2008, 01:20:27 pm

Here's a great tutorial to follow. (http://www.anim8or.com/tutorials/from_users/lighting_tutorial/Lighting.htm)
It isn't specifically on lightsabers, but the concepts can be easily used to make one.

Title: Re: Lighting Effects
Post by: Kubajzz on March 11, 2008, 02:26:13 pm

The tutorial hihosilver recommended is great if you want to make a nice scene; however, I'm afraid it won't help you if you plan to make an animation - you would have to change the glow filter position thousand times...

If you need a glow effect in animation, I recommend making a coloured plane with high emissive value and transmap so it will fade to transparent from center to the borders - then attach the plane to the lightsaber - and it's done ;D

EDIT - I've searched the old forum and I believe this is exactly what you need:
http://www.anim8or.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/014575.html (http://www.anim8or.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/014575.html)

Title: Re: Lighting Effects
Post by: ENSONIQ5 on March 11, 2008, 09:35:55 pm

I agree with Kubajzz, but you will have to make sure the plane is always perpendicular to the camera, no matter what the orientation of the sabre.