Ravager Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 i am trying to render the lens flares in a choreography, yet no matter what direction i render it, it wont appear... the fade behind objects is off, fade with distance is off, and fade when aiming away is off. does anyone have an idea of what may be the problem and how to fix it? Quote
Eric2575 Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 I'm not on my AM computer, so I can't verify, but I've had the same problem before. It's usually something as mundane as not having the light turned on or similar. Why don't you turn off every other light and see if you even get any light at all. If you do, then start checking all other attributes. Is it a klieg, bulb, sun? Quote
Ravager Posted April 29, 2008 Author Posted April 29, 2008 I'm not on my AM computer, so I can't verify, but I've had the same problem before. It's usually something as mundane as not having the light turned on or similar. Why don't you turn off every other light and see if you even get any light at all. If you do, then start checking all other attributes. Is it a klieg, bulb, sun? it is a bulb, and i do get the light on my models, its just that the lens flare doesn't appear Quote
Eric2575 Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 Have you tried it without any models in the chor, just the ground plane and the bulb light? Try increasing the flares intensity. Quote
Ravager Posted April 30, 2008 Author Posted April 30, 2008 Have you tried it without any models in the chor, just the ground plane and the bulb light? Try increasing the flares intensity. nope, still a no go Quote
John Bigboote Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 Under the bulbs properties, have you turned on 'Volumetric'? Quote
John Bigboote Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 I'm sorry... I just checked...'Volumetric' is not what you want. HERE is what I just did REAL quick to make a bulb's lens flare work: -Open A:M. -Make a new chor. -Right clik...new light. -Now, go UP in the PWS to the new light under the 'objects' heading and turn on Lens Flare (under 'options'). -Try a test render(shift-Q) in the chor...you 'should' see a lens flare from the bulb. Quote
Ravager Posted April 30, 2008 Author Posted April 30, 2008 I'm sorry... I just checked...'Volumetric' is not what you want. HERE is what I just did REAL quick to make a bulb's lens flare work: -Open A:M. -Make a new chor. -Right clik...new light. -Now, go UP in the PWS to the new light under the 'objects' heading and turn on Lens Flare (under 'options'). -Try a test render(shift-Q) in the chor...you 'should' see a lens flare from the bulb. sorry, still doesn't work..... Quote
Ravager Posted April 30, 2008 Author Posted April 30, 2008 Strange. What version/platform? it is version 14.0.... Windows XP Quote
Fuchur Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 Strange. What version/platform? it is version 14.0.... Windows XP Very strange. Just tested it with A:M v15 and everything worked fine. Do you render with the blue or the green renderingbutton? Is it the same in rendering-to-file? What are your renderingsettings? *Fuchur* Quote
johnl3d Posted May 1, 2008 Posted May 1, 2008 did this just now in v14 XP flaretrial.mov flaretrial.zip Quote
Ravager Posted May 1, 2008 Author Posted May 1, 2008 hmm, after i used "render lock mode" i can see the flare.... strange, yet when i render it for real, it doesn't show... Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 1, 2008 Hash Fellow Posted May 1, 2008 try turning multipass ON or OFF Quote
Eric2575 Posted May 1, 2008 Posted May 1, 2008 Check your frames. Maybe you are rendering a frame before you turned lens flare on. Make sure you are rendering from frame 1 to frame 1 - hopefully frame 1 is the frame that has lens flare turned on. Quote
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