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Bendezium · 28-06-2005, 07:19 AM

Hey everyone. My buddy is doing a short student film and asked if I can help him with some effects. I've been working mostly with maya but this is something I've never done before in any 3D ap. I guess I'm choosing lightwave because of the cleaner interface and I know of some tools that may come in handy which I'm not aware of in Maya.

Anyway I'm not quite sure how to approach this situation. I guess it would be particle system some how. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

hoopti · 28-06-2005, 09:46 PM

I think it would depend on how many fireflys you would want. You could use Hypervoxels in sprite mode.

Here's a VERY simple logo I made with this technique.

http://bigdogvideos.com/movies/logo2a.mov

If it's just a few fireflys, I'd do points, animate them, and make the texture the image you want, along with some luminosity to create the "firefly" effect.

Hope that helps.

Hoop

priimate · 02-07-2005, 05:37 AM

G'day Bendezium!

Someone asked the same question last week on another forum! So rather than repeat everything I typed then, i'll just put the link to my response!

http://www.renderosity.com/messages....essage=2302952

If you have any questions, you can send me a private message or post them here I guess! Goodluck!

Cheers! priimate.

28-06-2005, 07:19 AM	#1
Bendezium Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 74	Creating Fireflies Hey everyone. My buddy is doing a short student film and asked if I can help him with some effects. I've been working mostly with maya but this is something I've never done before in any 3D ap. I guess I'm choosing lightwave because of the cleaner interface and I know of some tools that may come in handy which I'm not aware of in Maya. Anyway I'm not quite sure how to approach this situation. I guess it would be particle system some how. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

28-06-2005, 09:46 PM	#2
hoopti Full Access Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 119	I think it would depend on how many fireflys you would want. You could use Hypervoxels in sprite mode. Here's a VERY simple logo I made with this technique. http://bigdogvideos.com/movies/logo2a.mov If it's just a few fireflys, I'd do points, animate them, and make the texture the image you want, along with some luminosity to create the "firefly" effect. Hope that helps. Hoop __________________ www.mean3d.com "Problems worthy of attack, prove their worth by hitting back." -- Piet Hein

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02-07-2005, 05:37 AM	#3
priimate Full Access Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 136	G'day Bendezium! Someone asked the same question last week on another forum! So rather than repeat everything I typed then, i'll just put the link to my response! http://www.renderosity.com/messages....essage=2302952 If you have any questions, you can send me a private message or post them here I guess! Goodluck! Cheers! priimate.