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- quamb0
joost i need some advice, thogh feel free to say bye bye as am sure the last thing you want to do is talk 3d right now.
anyhow-
need to make caustic type light effects landing on a flat black plane, or even a ghost/fluid like movement of an aparation. Problem is it takes dam ages to render caustics and I dont have the time or power! Also only know how to use Lightwave.
any tips? done any light/ghosty thing similar?
- renascent0
do you have an example image of what you would like to achieve?
- quamb0
Hey sure,
A painting (not mine)
A test render
The idea is to have washes and gleams of light (similar to how light looks on your desk next to a glass of water), that eventually manifests itself into a 3d aparition.
Currently im using alot of actual footage and bits and pieces to create it - though it would be nice to have more flexibility with a better way of using 3D. Which at the moment, all i've been able make work is playing around with caustics.
Perhaps a fluid type prog could be taylored to create glowing masses- though the render times scare me.
- renascent0
anyway if you also use 3ds max you may like to check out http://www.finalrender.com/final…
caustics simply ask allot of system performance, so either upgrade or be patient ;)
- renascent0
also try looking thru your raytrace settings and options to reduce your render times, this will often become a case of quality vs. rendertime...
- ********0
i have sometimes seen people 'fake' certain high-end effects..
even the HDRI rendering had a pseudo-version before made by some folks..
http://maxon.net/pages/products/…
but then again, i am no expert..
have you checked all the LW forums out there?
- ********0
oh and this looks awesome:
- quamb0
hey cheers guys,
yea the LW forums are great, though all seem to be the standard explosions and what not effects.
will plug away at it. That jelly mov is amazing- maya also has some great fluid effects, though dont have time to learn it all, need to stick to lw- grr.
will be finished and online november, will let u know so you can see what i was on about.