Help making engine flares and shots

Captain Phillips

Ok, I want to make a shot, like the blaster shots in the starbridge info pic, for a scene. But I can't for the life of me figure out how to make it glow.

How is this done? How do I make a engine flare texture?

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dzeron

What are you using to make the scene? ^^;

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Captain Phillips

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Originally posted by dzeron:
**What are you using to make the scene? ^^;

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Strata Vision, I believe that it is similar to Strata.

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Captain Phillips

Cmon, I need some help badly!

and an extra question, it there a place where I can easily get free textures?

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dzeron

I think that there's a glow effect in... uhm... effect, or post rendering effects or something similiar (I by myself use 3D studio MAX, so I don't know much about Strata :p) and then you just need to set the effect to apply to certain map ID or such ^^;

Or then, you'll make 2 drop like texture maps and add graphics to them and use opacity (mask :p) along with two planes in 'cross' (like + from top ^^) and that's a blaster shot for you, without 'effects' and looks good still, well, atleast from certain directions

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Modesty Blaise

i think those are visible light sources..Not textured in any way.

I don´t know if Strata can do this.. C4D can..and most serious apps should.

If you are hell bent on making it an object with a texture, then i would go for a flat object with an alpha mask.. You´ll probably have to make the texture yourself.

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TheRedeemer

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Originally posted by Captain Phillips:
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and an extra question, it there a place where I can easily get free textures?

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(url="http://"http://www.stratacafe.com")www.stratacafe.com(/url)

About the glow, I don't know if it's in your version, but in Strata 3.0.2 in the resource section under FX theres a resource called Aura. Apply this to an object and you get a nice glow effect.

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Jules

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Originally posted by TheRedeemer:
**www.stratacafe.com

About the glow, I don't know if it's in your version, but in Strata 3.0.2 in the resource section under FX theres a resource called Aura. Apply this to an object and you get a nice glow effect.**

Don't think those will work. He's on Stratavision. Im pretty sure its too old to use those textures...

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TheRedeemer

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Originally posted by Jules:
**Don't think those will work. He's on Stratavision. Im pretty sure its too old to use those textures...

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Just how old is this program?

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Jules

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Originally posted by TheRedeemer:
Just how old is this program?

Well 3.0.2 (the one I used to distribute) is about 5 years old. Its a good 2/3 years older than that.

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Captain Phillips

well thanks everybody for the help, I'll see what I can do.

So Jules, could you pleeeeeeeease let me have strata, an you pref file? Everything I see seems to indicate that it is better than Strata Vision.

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Coraxus

You know, what I would really love to know is how to make 1337 engine flares through Infini-D 4.5.

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Jules

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Originally posted by Captain Phillips:
So Jules, could you pleeeeeeeease let me have strata, an you pref file? Everything I see seems to indicate that it is better than Strata Vision.

Sorry dude, but no can do. If I were to make an exception even once then I might as well not have stopped. There are still places you can find it out there - keep looking...

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Alicia Rose

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Originally posted by Coraxus:
**You know, what I would really love to know is how to make 1337 engine flares through Infini-D 4.5.

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Actually I figured out how to do that a while ago... I can't really explain it but I could send you a tutorial-ish thingy when I get my mac up and running, probably some time this weekend.

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Captain Phillips

Ok Jules.

I think I'm onto something, there is a glow map option in strata, this allows me to make a texture that glows all over, or in some places. Using a texture with a cover all glow map with a generic red color and a long teardrop I have been able to make a fairly convincing Plasma bolt., but I still can't quite get the effect I want. The texture is slightly transparent and I'm wondering if a point light inside will make it glow better?

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Echoboom

I use Maya, which is awesome - but I doubt you have access to it. Oh well.

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Dr. Trowel

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Originally posted by Captain Phillips:
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So Jules, could you pleeeeeeeease let me have strata, an you pref file? Everything I see seems to indicate that it is better than Strata Vision.

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Perhaps you can get a fair bit of the functionality of Strata 3.0.2 by getting the free Strata Base 3.5, and then working back and forth between that and your copy of Strata Vision?