Hi,

I am a amateur poser user, Poser 2010.

I have a scene which is completely dark.

I need a figure to use a flashlight to navigate around hopefully with a really realistic flashlight effect.

I think I know roughly how to do it, that is to parent a light ( spot ) to the figure hand.

Could anyone please suggest any other advise such as spot settings and method to parent the spot to the flashlight.

I have a flashlight from the freebie section.

Thanks in advance

     You'll need to adjust the spotlight's angle to narrow the cone.  Be aware that you won't see any cone of light, but only the bright spot where the light hits solid objects.  If you want a cone of light, it is easiest to use a prop with a transparency map.

     Poser lights can do atmospheric effects, but it would be tough for a beginner to set up, and it will take longer to render.

Quote - Hi,

 

I am a amateur poser user, Poser 2010.

 

I have a scene which is completely dark.

 

I need a figure to use a flashlight to navigate around hopefully with a really realistic flashlight effect.

 

I think I know roughly how to do it, that is to parent a light ( spot ) to the figure hand.

 

Could anyone please suggest any other advise such as spot settings and method to parent the spot to the flashlight.

 

I have a flashlight from the freebie section.

 

Thanks in advance

You can parent the spotlight to the flashlight and the flashlight to the figures hand. The WILL lose the parenting if you try to save it seperately. You must edit the pp2 (prop) to contain the lt2 (spotlight). This is easier said that done for new users. If you want the parenting to stay save the whole scene. The pz3 (scene) will retain the parenting info for the light/prop combination.

As stated above using volumetric lighting can stretch the render times to something you won't like if you are doing an animation. You cannot see light beams without adding a volumetric effect. Light is invisible unless it strikes something. The cone prop with a shader to fake the volumetric lighting parented to your flashlight would be a lot easier on your render times.

You can adjust the spread of the flashlight (spotlight) beam with the flaps on the light itself as well as where the light starts. I would add a fall off to the light as we all know that a flashlight will illuminate closer objects than those farther away.

I realize you are looking for particular numbers but those are scene dependent in a lot of cases.

I am not sure this helps much but it gives you an idea of the workflow you will need.

pdg

I think I'd go with an almost transparent cone with a little ambient on it And a LOT of ambient on the "light glass" of the flashlight.. And let that light up the scene. Of course with Indirect light and everything turned on.

hello

My first try was not sucessful

Some interesting suggestions here thanks

I will try and come back hopefully with a good render

Oh I forgot to ask

Maybe basic but where do I get a transparent cone from?

Thanks

do a library search under props for "cone". This should bring one up from the primitives folder.

Everything that you need to know, you'll find in this thread here! Headlights?

IIRC PP2010 was the first version to include the "extended" props.. There should be a cone that can morph onto a stub. So you won't have to worry about the pointed end.

If not, then let me know, I can whip one up in seconds (rendering right now so I can't check for it)

many thanks for your really useful advice

seems to work great