Animated GIF flames with transparent background?

Gaieus · 1 Dec 2010, 23:54

With Sahi's latest, cool plugin, we can now have animated GIF in SU (and it exports with the animation).

Does anyone have some decent, animated flame GIF's with transparent background? I could really use something (size wise) for

fire place
torch
candle light

Update; it seems that any kind of image would do - but it should be a sequence of an animation...

RonS · 2 Dec 2010, 00:45

I have these two if it will help you at all.

Gaieus · 2 Dec 2010, 00:55

Thanks Ron, they are nice (and could probably go inside a fireplace) but I would (also?) need ones with transparent background so that I can imitate "standalone" fire as well.

SketchUpNoobie · 2 Dec 2010, 16:17

This plugin looks really cool! I've been waiting for something like this. I'd like to see a finished example when you are done please Gai.

solo · 2 Dec 2010, 16:42

I can make you some if you need, and why was I not included in the beta testing of this amazing plugin? I feel abandoned.

Gaieus · 2 Dec 2010, 18:05

@solo said:

why was I not included in the beta testing of this amazing plugin?

Who was?

@solo said:

I can make you some if you need

That would be cool (I guess some particle animation from Vue or such?). Looking at the plugin, it does not even need to be an animated GIF but any kind of image sequence of jpg or png (I do not want to hassle with bmp).

Twilight can render the animation nicely. Now I wonder if a flame has smaller and bigger states and I set it as an emitter, will the whole lighting be dynamic, too?

solo · 2 Dec 2010, 18:16

See pm.

Pixero · 3 Dec 2010, 09:39

Here is my Campfire scene (logs from 3dwarehouse) + fire loop images:

Skp scene (~8mb): http://www.sendspace.com/file/ri2h6v

Image sequence (~15mb): http://www.sendspace.com/file/bnjerw

Enjoy!

Gaieus · 3 Dec 2010, 09:49

Thanks Jan!

(And Pete, of course - I already thanked that in the PM)

sahi · 3 Dec 2010, 10:56

@gaieus said:

Does anyone have some decent, animated flame GIF's with transparent background? I could really use something (size wise) for

fire place

torch

candle light

ogon.skp
images.zip

Gaieus · 3 Dec 2010, 11:15

Thanks, Sahi, too! (now I will only need to buy the plugin )

ARTchi · 3 Dec 2010, 12:41

Very Cool! GiF in SU, it is super!
it must buy!

Bob James · 11 Dec 2010, 21:03

And then we have this from TIG:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=33305&p=293710#p293710