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Subject: Realistic candle flames?

jasonmit opened this issue on Jul 03, 2004 · 14 posts
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jasonmit ( ) posted Sat, 03 July 2004 at 3:24 PM · edited Tue, 30 July 2024 at 12:51 PM

Can anyone tell me a good way to create realistic candle flames?

Nukeboy ( ) posted Sat, 03 July 2004 at 3:32 PM

file_115028.jpg

Take two 2d planes at 90 degrees to each other with an image on each. Encapsulate that with a radial light adjusted properly.

Edit the flame image in PS to create masks, etc.

Erlik ( ) posted Sat, 03 July 2004 at 6:09 PM

Even simpler, take a single photo of a candle flame, apply to a 2D plane or to a Da Vinci plane, turn towards the camera and that's it.

-- erlik

TheBryster ( ) posted Sat, 03 July 2004 at 7:50 PM
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That's a great image, but I think the blue part needs tweeking more to the centre and needs to be sharper at the top...0.02p

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tjohn ( ) posted Sun, 04 July 2004 at 2:21 AM

Attached Link: http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/spinoff1999/webimages/11.jpg

Bryster, I think that is an actual photo of a candle flame. I found what appears to be the same image at this link.

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tjohn ( ) posted Sun, 04 July 2004 at 3:42 AM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=708818&Start=1&Sectionid=2&filter_genre_id=0&WhatsNe

file_115030.jpg

OK, I recently posted an image that had a candle flame made from volumetric fire that I wasn't happy with so I took the opportunity to upgrade that image with a 2d pic with a candle flame photo. The link is to that new image.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy

tjohn ( ) posted Sun, 04 July 2004 at 3:43 AM

file_115031.jpg

Here is the image for the 2d pic.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy

tjohn ( ) posted Sun, 04 July 2004 at 3:44 AM

file_115032.jpg

Here's the image for the alpha.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy

tjohn ( ) posted Sun, 04 July 2004 at 3:49 AM

file_115033.jpg

And finally, here are the material settings for the 2d pic. I did a bit of postwork to make it look a bit more real in the image, (added a glow and a bit of cloning in Photoshop Elements), but if the candle had been further from the camera or smaller, postwork might not have been necessary. Jasonmit (and anyone else) feel free to use these pics and material settings if you want to. John

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Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy

TheBryster ( ) posted Sun, 04 July 2004 at 8:49 AM
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I stand corrected.....! Nice job!

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catlin_mc ( ) posted Sun, 04 July 2004 at 9:09 AM

Thank you tjohn, I'm seriously in need of a candle flame for an image I'm working on at the moment. 8)

Nukeboy ( ) posted Mon, 05 July 2004 at 10:04 AM

That's exactly it! The image in my post was just the first one I found on a google search.

jasonmit ( ) posted Mon, 05 July 2004 at 12:38 PM

Thanks everyone. Now does anyone have a Bryce recipe for candle wax?

Nukeboy ( ) posted Mon, 05 July 2004 at 1:57 PM

I think AgentSmith was doing something like that with his "blurred transitions" experiments...

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