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booa · 03-29-2008, 11:24 PM

hi i im wondering how it might be posible to animate the phaser energy buildup in a phaser bank before the beam is fired, the 2 small flares that comes from both ends of the phaser bank which meet up and creates the acual beam,

**Guerrilla** · 03-29-2008, 11:35 PM

Sort of depends on which software you're using, but generally, I'd guess animating two dummy objects with lens flares attached on a spline path would
do the the trick in most applications.

booa · 04-01-2008, 03:48 PM

okok

im using 3ds max 8

wjaspers · 04-01-2008, 04:53 PM

volume lights

spudmonkey · 04-01-2008, 07:05 PM

Flare in post would give a quicker render time than volume lights and probably easier to set up. It is a viable suggestion, but post is probably better this time

03-29-2008, 11:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
booa SFM Nugget Realname: johan Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 13	phaser questoin hi i im wondering how it might be posible to animate the phaser energy buildup in a phaser bank before the beam is fired, the 2 small flares that comes from both ends of the phaser bank which meet up and creates the acual beam,

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Guerrilla Worldwide Phenomenon Realname: Mika Join Date: May 2006 Location: Helsinki Age: 25 Posts: 2,915	Sort of depends on which software you're using, but generally, I'd guess animating two dummy objects with lens flares attached on a spline path would do the the trick in most applications.
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04-01-2008, 03:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
booa SFM Nugget Realname: johan Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 13	okok im using 3ds max 8

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