[C1>C5] Christmas Lights - Polyloop

are · 15th December 2005, 16:44

I answered a question about chrismas lights and their glow...and was asked to post it here

(original posts here )

So here goes.....

How about this effect ? am I getting closer ?

The light is made up of several parts - the main three are :-
the element (with an glow added to its material list) so it shows up , er, glowing. (no shadows set on this)

a light bulb with a aura on it (placed over the element

and a solid glas tube - I think the solid bit is important to stop the light reflecting around inside it and causing problems (?) - I also used the preset crystal glass for the material (I think)

The *.car is attached.

Have fun.

Thomas · 15th December 2005, 17:20

Thhank you very much Are

Couerl · 15th December 2005, 18:54

Used to be in Carrara that no aura or lens flare can work through glass, has this changed?

are · 17th December 2005, 12:00

Couerl - this was done in V5pro, I don't know if it would work in earlier versions.

MickymX · 17th December 2005, 14:44

Excellent and thanks for the share.. il like this kind of pictures.

Chark · 20th December 2005, 03:13

Thank you very much for sharing this tut. I found it very useful.

bwtr · 20th December 2005, 07:57

Thanks for the .car as well as the good work above. Curiosty is getting to me -- any particular reason for both the huge cube and the HDRI background?

are · 20th December 2005, 11:14

Thanks for the comments.

Bwtr - if I remember right I wanted to use HDRI for the lighting but did not want to see it in the background so I added the cube in the background to hide the HDRI. I guess there are other ways of doing this - but I just have not found them yet ...?

There is a good example of this being used over at renderosity in the carrara gallery.

bwtr · 21st December 2005, 02:09

I have lots to learn also (which makes it all worthwhile!). I thought using HDRI was only for REALLY BIG stuff , sort of greater than A4 at 300ppi!? Rather than the cube I would have used Background or Backdrop perhaps? Anyway, really impresed with the quality of the lights you eventually attained. Thanks for giving us the info.

ideaman · 10th April 2009, 11:41

Very nice rendering and tut.

I am going to try it now.
Thx.

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15th December 2005, 18:54	#3 (permalink)
Couerl Polygurbs Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 1,346	Used to be in Carrara that no aura or lens flare can work through glass, has this changed?

17th December 2005, 12:00	#4 (permalink)
are AKA RamPackWobble Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Anglesey, North Wales, UK Posts: 216	Couerl - this was done in V5pro, I don't know if it would work in earlier versions.

17th December 2005, 14:44	#5 (permalink)
MickymX Box modeling Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hte-Normandie Posts: 311	Excellent and thanks for the share.. il like this kind of pictures.

20th December 2005, 03:13	#6 (permalink)
Chark Vertex Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1	Thank you very much for sharing this tut. I found it very useful.

20th December 2005, 07:57	#7 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,200	Thanks for the .car as well as the good work above. Curiosty is getting to me -- any particular reason for both the huge cube and the HDRI background?

20th December 2005, 11:14	#8 (permalink)
are AKA RamPackWobble Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Anglesey, North Wales, UK Posts: 216	Thanks for the comments. Bwtr - if I remember right I wanted to use HDRI for the lighting but did not want to see it in the background so I added the cube in the background to hide the HDRI. I guess there are other ways of doing this - but I just have not found them yet ...? There is a good example of this being used over at renderosity in the carrara gallery.

21st December 2005, 02:09	#9 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,200	I have lots to learn also (which makes it all worthwhile!). I thought using HDRI was only for REALLY BIG stuff , sort of greater than A4 at 300ppi!? Rather than the cube I would have used Background or Backdrop perhaps? Anyway, really impresed with the quality of the lights you eventually attained. Thanks for giving us the info.