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    • soloS Offline
      solo
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      http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5823/candletest.jpg

      http://www.solos-art.com

      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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      • EarthMoverE Offline
        EarthMover
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        @unknownuser said:

        Here are a couple I did in a Modo tutorial a while back. I have not been able to finish the tutorial yet so no background 😳

        I did that tutorial too! It was Dan Ablan from 3DGarage.com, right? Signature Courseware for Modo 301. A must see for anyone trying to get into Modo. I have to go through that again one day. Lord knows if you don't use it, you definitely lose it!

        3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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        • EarthMoverE Offline
          EarthMover
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          Here's my first try. Modeled the wax using TOS, JPP and SDS. Drips could definitely be a lot better. I rendered using Vray for MAX. Wax is a Vray FastSSS material. The flame I modeled and used a Vray Light Material with a Gradient Ramp in the Opacity slot and flame texture for diffuse. In photoshop I overlayed the flame texture with minimum opacity, then used and outer glow from the effects menu, with a gaussian blur added on top of that.


          candle.jpg


          candle Render1.jpg

          3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
          Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
          Content Creator at Skapeup

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          • boofredlayB Offline
            boofredlay
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            Yep, yep... and yep. πŸ˜„

            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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            • brodieB Offline
              brodie
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              Here's my crack at it in Maxwell. Didn't want to get into figuring out the flame so I made a simple candle model and then plopped a scaled down incandecent in the middle. Candle wax was just made through Maxwell's Wizard (SSS -> Candle Wax). Easy peasy.

              -Brodie


              candle final.jpg

              steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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              • EscapeArtistE Offline
                EscapeArtist
                last edited by

                Maybe this is obvious, but does it need to be modeled in SU?

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                • brodieB Offline
                  brodie
                  last edited by

                  I'd say no, as long as it's a rendering engine that accepts SU files. I think the main thing is to see how the various rendering engines do. But rendering a candle with Revit or some such thing would probably be less than helpful.

                  -Brodie

                  steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                    nomeradona
                    last edited by

                    i have done this before but not yet satisfied.. i think i will do again a candle light render.

                    http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/88/kungfupandango3qd8.jpg

                    visit my blog: http://www.nomeradona.blogspot.com

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                    • A Offline
                      andre51
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                      This one was also rendered in Maxwell. The flame is from the online materials library.

                      candle1.jpg

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                      • brodieB Offline
                        brodie
                        last edited by

                        Andre, very nice. I tried out that same flame material w/ about equal results. It seems like the sample image that was there with the mxm looked better somehow. I couldn't quite figure out what the difference was...

                        love that wallpaper!

                        -Brodie

                        steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
                          last edited by

                          Another Vue render, with line image of SU model.


                          http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9619/vuecandle.jpg

                          http://www.solos-art.com

                          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                          • boofredlayB Offline
                            boofredlay
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                            Wow, that is great.

                            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                              troyhome
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                              @andre51 said:

                              This one was also rendered in Maxwell. The flame is from the online materials library.

                              [attachment=0:2ful2lja]<!-- ia0 -->candle1.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2ful2lja]

                              how do you do the flame? do you make a surface and apply the material to it and it just comes out like that, or do you model an actual flame and apply the material to that?

                              IOviz.com
                              SU Pro 2024 PC

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                              • brodieB Offline
                                brodie
                                last edited by

                                You can just apply the texture to a rectangle. The material does the rest. It's basically a clip mapped emitter if I recall.

                                -Brodie

                                steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                                  andre51
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Troyhome

                                  Unfortunately this material works only 2d, ie I had to have 2 faces to cast the light in 2 directions.

                                  Would like to try and map to a flame model some time.

                                  cheers

                                  Andre

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                                  • soloS Offline
                                    solo
                                    last edited by

                                    How about this? Done in Vue.


                                    http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3982/animation15q.gif

                                    No post processing flame is rendered.

                                    http://www.solos-art.com

                                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                    • brodieB Offline
                                      brodie
                                      last edited by

                                      I'm so-so on the candle but nice flame! πŸ˜„

                                      -Brodie

                                      steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                                      • soloS Offline
                                        solo
                                        last edited by

                                        Another animation render (last one I promise) to see how the flame works at different angles.


                                        http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7599/animation22t.gif

                                        http://www.solos-art.com

                                        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                        • EarthMoverE Offline
                                          EarthMover
                                          last edited by

                                          Really nice Pete! Is that an animated .gif used on an alpha plane?

                                          3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                          Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                          Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                            solo
                                            last edited by

                                            I used a cropped .avi on an alpha plane.

                                            http://www.solos-art.com

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