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I’m copying lightning streaks as per attachment, in Verge3d.
Here is my blender file:
https://blend-exchange.com/b/gzWXP30A/What post-processing or materials settings in Verge3d app do I use to achieve similar lightning streaks? Do I need Blender as well for this? Thanks
Given your latest image as a reference. You may want to try a combined set of appraches.
Render the shaft of the blade or lighting bolt with an emission shader and use the post process effect – bloom to. To achieve the firey transparent areas you are better off creating an animated sprite sheet with transparency. It will allow you to get the result based on the images you have provided.
Do I do this in Blender, or Verge3d? If the latter, post processing bloom to has no means of making material transparent. If the latter, post processing bloom to has no means of making material transparent? For Verge3d, how do I get color in bloom? Blender does: https://ibb.co/rt8LkX3
You will use, a photo editor (Photoshop, Affinity Photo, etc.) or a motion graphics package (Premier, Apple Motion, Houdini…etc.) to create the “flames” and the “bolts” . You would use blender to create a plane and the necessary constraints, and the UV coordinates that will cycle your animation. You will then use verge3d and control the UV coordinates to animate the object or use the play animation puzzle to make it come to life.
Sprite sheets are great ways to create the alpha looking transparency of the flame you are wanting while retaining the white opaque center via the model of the bolt itself.
If you are not familiar with sprite sheets … let me know.
To test the approach. Create a simple polygon lighting bolt. Place a white emission shader on it. Do not use bloom in blender or V3D. This approach doesn’t require it.
Create a single flame graphic that has an alpha channel and glow the way you want to see it.
Create a plane mesh and map the new graphic to the plane. Be sure to set the blend mode to Alpha Blend and be sure to the graphic when rendered is transparent.
overlap these two elements in blender and align the plane so that looks correct over the bolt.
Attach these two objects to an empty and then place a constraint on the empty to always look at the camera.Render it out and see if you get the effect you want. You should end up with something that looks like the firey light sabers. White opaque emissive bolt, transparent flames with glow in the right color.
A crude example is shown here:
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Tutorials - https://www.xeons3dlab.comI found an interesting lightning creation method:
I did follow your methods
Sadly, this is what I got:
Where did I go wrong? I wanna copy your method. Thanks
Try to decrease emission from 100 to 55 for example as on the first screenshot.
I did, sadly, no difference:
Here is my Blend File:
https://blend-exchange.com/b/VdygGAYoThe emission result I want for my electric/lightning:
Strength 3.8 makes your model shine like an electric bulb. Reduce it a little…
Puzzles and JS. Fast and expensive.
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