BladeWolf opened this issue on Dec 13, 2002 ยท 24 posts
BladeWolf posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 1:20 PM
stewer posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 1:31 PM
Poser 4 or 5? In Poser 5 you could use a shader to create glow-like effect for you. In either case, I'd set the ambient color of the sabre very high so you have a good light-independant guide for post work and don't have to guess when it's in the shadow.
stewer posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 1:34 PM
See the picture in my Tron WIP thread below for how ambient glowing can look like. Play with the transparency/transparency falloff controls, you might be able to achieve the glowing effect without any post work.
BladeWolf posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 1:36 PM
Thanks Stewer, its in Poser 5, and how would I go about attaching a shader to it? I'll do some fiddling and see what I come up with, but if you could tell me how to attach a shader, that would be sweet :) Thanks!
stewer posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 1:56 PM
Unfortunately my Poser 5 is busy rendering for the next few hours...otherwise I'd post a material room screenshot of how I'd create such a shader.
lhiannan posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 2:07 PM
using Photoshop, try drawing a mask around the saber, copy-n-paste and then using the Outer Glow blending option on the layer.
Crescent posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 2:16 PM
You might want to IM _dodger. He has created some great light sabres, and I suspect that the glow is created in Photoshop.
Gorodin posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 2:26 PM
BladeWolf posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 2:33 PM
Thanks guys... Now, one more dumb question: Applying the hi-lights through the image from the glow of the light sabre? Would I just paint the hi-lights on? And if so, what settings would I use to get a light, but difinate hi-light?
Gorodin posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 2:42 PM
Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12413&Form.ShowMessage=888765
Again, use a new layer, set the layer to screen, paint the highlights using the airbrush. Play with duplicating the layer and setting it to overlay. However, a better method is to make the glow at render time using a colored spotlight. See my jedi pic at the attached thread. The glow on the character was rendered in poser. The glow on the wall was done using the above method.Netherworks posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 2:44 PM
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RonGC posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 2:45 PM
Netherworks posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 2:45 PM
lhiannan posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 2:54 PM
I have no external life :) and proud of it.
stewer posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 3:13 PM
EvoShandor posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 3:25 PM
Hmm, I was thinking of a different technique perhaps to have some ambient red light reflecting off her body suit for added realism. You could experiment with a red spot light in Poser maybe, or in Photoshop, experiment with the dodge tool on the red channel at varying exposures...thats how I'd do it anyways...or perhaps use another layer of red where you want the glow at varying transparencies...then use your lighting effects and diffuse glow for added realism. MO only Evo
stewer posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 3:33 PM
JFStan posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 3:41 PM
The blade produces a halo glowing effect and can "pulsate" when animated. No textures are used so the color can be easily changed in the materials menu.
I'm hoping to put together an entire package of various blades, blasts and laser beams plus scripts to "pulsate" them for animations.
-=JFStan=-
EvoShandor posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 3:49 PM
That's neat JFStan, I haven't seen anything like that for Poser before.
JFStan posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 4:01 PM
Thanks Evo, I'll try to post a short animation on my FTP site soon so you can see the pulsating effect. -=JFStan=-
jarm posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 5:11 PM
What armour is that?
Little_Dragon posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 6:19 PM
Photoshop Lightsabre Tutorials
http://www.jmort.com/lightsaber.htm
http://wynd.teamanime2k.org/tutorial_lightsaber.htm
Netherworks posted Fri, 13 December 2002 at 6:22 PM
yeah JFStan, I tend to think in still imagery - hadn't thought about animation. That looks really good BTW.
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JFStan posted Sat, 14 December 2002 at 12:46 AM
Attached Link: http://www.kuroyumes-developmentzone.com/~jfstan/sabre_test.avi
Thanks Nether... Here's a link to a very short animation which demonstrates the pulsating glow of my lightsabre blades (DivX format).-=JFStan=-