Larry J B Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hello: I am rusty with texturing. I remember seeing a magnifying effect where I can make a magnifying glass handle AND circular lense and use something that when rendered will act as a magnifying lense effect. Anyone know of one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted April 25, 2011 Hash Fellow Share Posted April 25, 2011 For the lens, carefully model a disk with a convex surface on each side. Make it transparent, with an Index of refraction greater than 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brainmuffin Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 The simplest method would be to model a sphere, flatten it a bit, set the transparency to about 99%, and set the refraction to between 1 and 2, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAngus Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 There's a nice Magnifying Glass tutorial project on one of the AM Extras DVD. Hmmm... let me see... Here, I will try to include it here if it's OK.... Magnifying_Glass.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 There is a model in the Contributors Cue called 'Benslens' or rather FISHEYE LENS... which in essence is simply a magnifying glass which you place directly in front of the camera and it acts as a lens which adds barrel-roll distortion (fisheye effect) to your scene. I'll find the link: http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=36755 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblhelix Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=36755 didn't that hit the spot. thank you not only for the materials, but for contributing an all-new scene to my script through this tech. just what i needed and didn't even know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 GLAD to help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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