Advice on 2 Lighting Effects....

[Laconic]

Hello!

 

I'd like some advice on how to achieve these two lighting effects:

 

1) I'd like to create an effect that projects light as if it's being passed through a "bar" filter (or like the bars of a window). Example below, with the "light bars" across the subjects' eyes:

 

 

2) I'd like an effect of light showing though clouds or fog, so that you can see the rays.

 

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

T

[Bruce Del Porte]

The links don't seem to allow me to see the photos. I think what you are after from the description is having the bars on the windows cast shadows.

 

1. Make sure the light is set to cast shadows

2. Make sure the model you want to have the shadow cast on is set to receive shadows

3. Make sure that shadows are on in the render dialog box.

 

The second effect is called volumetrics. Adding volumetrics to a light is in the options box of the properties window.

 

Lighting is an art unto itself. Both take quite a bit of experimenting because the quantity and quality of the effects are very set-up dependent. Both are covered in the technical manual.