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Glowy orbs
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I was wondering...what did you use for your plane material settings?I'm getting the glow but there is some noise.I've tried different background materials(bricks etc.)but they are too dark.
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The plane was just the default material with a white color. Noise could be caused by the number of photons you set?
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I'm not sure.I used a brick background so now it's hard to see
the noise at all.I saw it in some other renders as well so it's
no big deal.I really enjoyed you're tutorial.Very concise and easy
to follow.Thanx alot! 
sooner!
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the tutorial was published long ago but i'm still thrilled to see that other users actually found it helpful LOL! i'm glad you enjoyed it!
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hehe....yupp?.....thanks i guess....
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Nice.
I think I tried to do something like this once but I think this one is much better.
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thanks for the comment ^_^
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ok i've got quite far with this . . . but how do you apply the effects??
i've set my blue inner (i'm doing this with a box with bits cut out and another box inside) box to effects channel #2 . . . it's self illuminating. but can you please explain more about the Video Post effects. i have no idea where to start, and it does not seem to want to give anything away!
thanks
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can you give me some advice on how you did the lighting within the orbs?
nice one!
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yea its an omnilight inside the orbs. placed exactly at the centre of each orb.
omnilight color is cyan.
shadows on.
the red shell is a raytrace material with a falloff reflection. i added speckle in the defuse slot to give it a subtle texture look but i think it's pretty hard to notice LOL
Reflection is set to 40%.
put the material on the shell to be 2-sided so that the light coming from the omnilight doesn't pass through.
the other material is just cyan with 100%
because this material is only 1-sided, light form the omnilight passes through it.
video post glow. use sparingly
so yeah that's about it ^_^
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that's wicked, thanks
thanks again!
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oh yes this is 3d studio max 7. sorreh heh.. 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
in the materials window, there are 4 check boxes - 2-sided, wireframe,
in 3ds, click "render" under "file, edit... etc" and select "Video Post".
your cyan material needs to have a material ID (it's all inside the materials window, mouseover to see the description of each button). I set the material ID to 2, it can be any number.
In Video Post, select the correct material ID that will be affected and apply a glow, play with settings till you get what you want. I mentioned "use sparingly" because I tend to overdo it LOL.
i'll try to do a walkthrough to show how Video Post was used here
nice one! thanks again 
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u can apply
- Contrast
- Fade
- Image alpha
- Lens Effect Flare
- Lens Effect Focus
- Lens Effect Glow
- Lens Effect Highlight
- Negative
- Pseudo Alpha
- Simple Wipe
- Star Field
in Video Post.
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ok, but can you explain a bit more in depth how you apply these affects. i think if you sort out a tutprial that would be great!
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yes sure. today i'll be having a competition so after that i can finally start it ^-^ it's been so pressurizing but in 12 hours from now, it will all be oveR!!
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20 seconds before you sent the last message, I uploaded the Orbs Guide. LOL! And I was just about to send you a note when i *suddenly* received new messages xD
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u can apply
- contrast
- fade
- image alpha
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the other material is just cyan with 100% [EDIT] SELF ILLUMINATION [/EDIT]
because this material is only 1-sided, light [EDIT] FROM [/EDIT]the omnilight passes through it.
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omnilight color is cyan.
shadows on.
[APPEND] ADD DECAY SO THAT YOUR LIGHT PROJECTIONS FADE INTO THE DISTANCE INSTEAD OF HAVING A SHARP, CONSISTENT PROJECTION [/APPEND]
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Cool, I have been playing with something sort of the same the past couple of days...
Nice one man
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you were the inspiration to these orbs. LOL i just needed to make shiny orbs like the ones in your gallery ^_^
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LOL, K. Keep an eye out for glow V2
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i wouldnt o.O i am thinking of making them drones. two of the 3 parts open to expose two thrusters. and it comes to life at a touch of a button hehe.
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Kinda look like Samus Aran, in ball form. Except there are more than one. Cool.
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oh yeah LOL! thanks for takin a peek ^_^
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