goodguy20k Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Ok, so I was playing around with hair yesterday, and I messed up the order of my transparencies, which sparked an idea... Fiber optic hair! Simple, make most the hair transparent, and solid at the tip. Throw in some glow, and viola! I tried it, and my mouth dropped! (What I can use it for, I haven't got a heck of a clue. ) It's probably already been done, but I thought I had to share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 That's a great thing to discover. Fiber optic lamps were the rage in the early 70's along with lava lamps. A more detailed tute would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodguy20k Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Ok, you knew it was next... Color. And animated. Sorry about the file size. I tried and tried to compress it without it looking horrid, this is the best I could do. And Dhar, I'll try a basic tutorial when I have time. P.S. So far, there IS one flaw. I color using a hair color map, which is overridden by the hair colors, if set. As there isn't such a thing as a ambiance hair color map, it requires you use a diffuse color map. As far as my little brain can figure, that means having a light shine on it, in order to have the color show. *Wonders how hard it would be to program in a ambiance color map* color3.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfortunato Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Wow, Daniel! That is really cool. I love fiber optic lights - I have a few of them from various tech expos . I second a tutorial (when you have time). - Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodguy20k Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 After fiber optics, then what? Fireworks, of course. firework2.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PF_Mark Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 That's a great thing to discover. Fiber optic lamps were the rage in the early 70's along with lava lamps. A more detailed tute would be appreciated Hum Dhar I was wondering if fire works could be used in your song? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl3d Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Nice idea now make a flock of fireworks....the ultimate invasion force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodguy20k Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 This, I gotta try. Great idea, John! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted March 10, 2007 Admin Share Posted March 10, 2007 Very cool. There have been some folks trying to get some effects like that rendered out for some time now. I think they were mostly using sprites. You've just made them very happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_black_mage Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 hey i was thinking about this! ah well, you got to it first, nice job! have a .prj file to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agep Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Nice use of hair Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryin Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Wow, that's beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl3d Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Just had to try the idea..again good thinking outside the box hairfire.mov Project1.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodguy20k Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 Very cool, John! I'll put a prj up when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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