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Subject: Lightning flashes and bolts.

BeZerK opened this issue on Mar 18, 2004 · 5 posts
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BeZerK ( ) posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 9:30 AM · edited Sat, 10 August 2024 at 3:20 AM

I've seen a few pictures around that implement lightning in them. I was wondering how I can achieve this. I've tried using an edited tree with a white light applied to it but it didn't look very realistic. Any suggestions? I don't always want the bolts coming from above to below, as I'd like to use it for an electrical element within a scene as well, like electrical arcing. Also, How would I go about creating flash lightning in an animation? Suggestions and tutorials are welcome. Thanks.

wabe ( ) posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 9:54 AM

a lot of flashes are done in postproduction i think. Have you tried to give it a little neon? That can help. And i think there was a tutorial or a thread with explanation a while ago. Maybe you do a search here and in the backroom for that.

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BeZerK ( ) posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 11:55 AM

I'll look in both places. Thanks Walther.

gillbrooks ( ) posted Thu, 18 March 2004 at 12:01 PM

I create a lightning bolt in 2D then import it as a picture onto a symlat....or if I'm even lazier I just import it onto an alpha plane. Both give fairly good results Gill

Gill

       

BigGreenFurryThing ( ) posted Fri, 26 March 2004 at 3:28 PM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=1664284

Bit late coming to this thread but the above link shows a rough WIP for lightning. Alpha planes work very well for still images. Not sure what to use for animations though.

Cheers,
Mark

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