I've been looking for Poser tutorials on how to render flames in an image.

I read about the Nerd3D tool, but my wallet is still recovering from buying Poser 9 earlier this week:)

All hints, tips, tutorials are very welcome.

Tnx. 

are you doing a still or video?

I have never seen a tutorial on that. The only time I have ever rendered flames in an image, it was done in post. You can find chroma keyed flames on YouTube and google. I don't know if flames can be done effectively in Poser. Of course, the materials master bagginsbill would know how to do it. As far as animation goes, I'd do it post.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1941805&user_id=343328&np&np

Flames can be placed on flat planes with a point light behind it to shed light on a scene for a still image.  You need a good image and a well done mask to isolate the flame.  But the question remains, as SoulTaker posted, will it be for still or video images?  Someone else may suggest ambient lighting from a flame model, but I don't believe you can get a realistic flame illumination.

It's for a still image, the flames on that last picture is what I'm trying to go for, burning torches, it doesn't have to be hyper realistic:)

In the meantime I also found some props with contain fire I can take a look at different settings and experiment.

The advantage to doing it post is that you can use real or realistic flames.

The disadvantage is that you have to really experiment, which means a lot of test rendering. The lighting is important because flames produce light. Unless you are doing a fantasy/magic scene like this one is supposed to be, your flames will produce lights and shadows. So you have to get that right.

Using a prop based flame has its own advantages and disadvantages. You will have to decide which way to go. I personally like to do it post. I have problems with the material room. I know enough to get in trouble.

aah if we had particles.... there's a method in trueSpace for replicating WETA's LOTR fire technique for the Balrog's fire.

the texture side we can duplicate in Poser. that's pretty easy. the problem is, you ned a particle system.

here's the link to the explanation - http://www.ninjadodo.net/4umfiles/tutorials/fire/firetut.html incase someone has any ideas on how to do it..

I have an animated fire shader (works in stills, too), in my file cabinet here.

https://sites.google.com/site/bagginsbill/file-cabinet

It's the fire4.mt5. There's an AVI movie you can see it in action.

You put it on one or more props. The general shape of the prop controls where the flames appear, but not the exact shape of the flames. The flame shape is defined by the shader itself.

In the AVI file, I used a few Poser spheres, overlapping, to make that render.

Video of that fire on a figure and some sphere's parented to the figure.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4379202097204766304&hl=en

original thread that started it:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=3347640

BB a question please, i downloaded the fire.avi from your file cabinet but when i try and use it in the mat room, poser is telling me it is not a valid file type. So I converted it using Super converter,and it now recognises it as an avi but it lost the transparency. Am I doing summat wrong?

Yes - the avi is my demonstration for you to watch and see what the fire looks like. That is a rendered scene from Poser.

The fire is a material file right next to the AVI - use that. It's an animated procedural fire material. Apply it to props. Not sheet props - solids, like spheres and rounded cone shapes.

okies ty :) thought it could be used as an animated mat.. my error :blushing: