I have provided a screenshot, of the node setup, and i also offered a brief explanation in the following post…
I also I realise that there is another way to use the pass index, without the whole set alpha and alpha over that i used, ( http://www.blendercookie.com/2010/03/09/rendering-a-light-saber/ ) So why did I not do it this way? Well first i forgot the tut existed, and second I have more than one color lights in my scene, so with my way i set the colors through materials, and have this node setup apply the glow to each color. If I used the setup in Jonathan Williamson’s tutorial, i would have to have a bunch of RBG Input Nodes as well as others… So basically my way can be applied to multiple colored objects while his cant, well it can but it would require a load more work.
And there is also Andrew Price with his Wow factor and other amazing tutorials.
(In his tut “Introduction to the Compositor”, he used layers to achieve the glow, while everything can be in one layer using my way)
So why did I just write all this? Well, if enough people want, i can make a video tutorial on creating that glow, if the screenshot is not enough
That said is anyone interested in me making that tutorial?
[EDIT]:Hmm, i just realized this is not a wip in a wip section…whups, sorry.
Well it’s just i dont want to waste my time in “reinventing the wheel” meaning the are at least 2 tutorials that have similar settings as mine. (cuz i looked at those before creating mine :p)
And i posted a screenshot…
That is why i asked ^^
But yeah i guess the more the better? We will see i guess… 3 votes so far…
Is there a way to edit polls?
And is there a way to make the results show on this page instead of having to click view results?
The more the merrier. As they say there is more than one way to glow a light.
Different people do things slightly different and explain things differently as well. You may explain things that make sense to someone who can’t grasp the other tuts. And your way may be easier to adapt to another use or explain a node that can be used in a different place/scenario.
Most tutorials around concentrate on modelling with rigging, texturing and animating following. There is not a lot of tuts for compositing. The wow factor sounds like a great answer to that (hopefully I can afford it one day and know for sure) but in general any help explaining and encouraging the use of compositing is going to help push the quality of the blender communities images to a higher level.
I realised something though.
If I do decide to make it, which at this point i might, should I make it in 2.49 or 2.5?
I still use 2.49, cuz 2.5 is so buggy. For example I have this problem where i cant render more than 2 times cuz it crashes on the second! (using the Alpha 2 version)
I myself would like to make it in 2.5 however i am just not used to the interface and there is the whole bug problem…
Beyond comparison…so lol which one?
Which ones are from blender institute?
Another thing, i have tried a bunch of video capture software, and while some where better than others, i was never really please with any of them.
That said does anyone know a good video capture software and what codecs would be best that capture in good quality, and give a low sized file?
In the main branch (left side column) select OS and select your operating system, in type select Blender Foundation then click view. The higher the number e.g. r30243 the newer the build. Personally I go for those that are designated Trunk, which I believe have features that have been comitted to the main program branch.
Cam Studio didnt work for me at all, well it kinda did but…(I had problems with video + audio, then just audio, then all the generated files where corrupted, and so on and so forth)
I made a thread in the “Other Software” Section about that http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=191634
And I found a great program that worked really well for me so far (couple of hours). More info on that thread.
Well thanks for all the suggestions and comments
I ended up downloading this release of blender:Trunk Blender 2.5 r30279 WIN32 by cog
I am going to try to make the tut, so ill tell y’all when I am done!
You know you can create a screencast directly in blender 2.5 using Alt+F3. the frames per sec settings are in the user preferences in the System settings. You can then edit in any video editing software such as blender, adding a separate audio track.
Hmm, yeah i heard about that, never really tied it out though, but sometimes one needs to capture more than blender Oh and hows the quality? Can you choose the compression codecs?
Hey all!
So by popular choice, I have made the Glow tutorial. Now this was my first tutorial, so I would very much like to know how I did. I am not too happy with it myself for some reason, but it may be just my imagination…
So tell me what you think. Is it helpful? Did you learn something from it? Is it Boring, or is it an automatic sleep maker, or was it engaging enough that you don’t fall asleep? Anything else that you want me to improve on next time(if there is a next time). I was actually thinking of redoing it again, but apparently it takes me 40 minutes for the tutorial, so i am a little hesitant. So should I remake it?
We will see i guess… 3 votes so far…
Oh and hows the quality? Can you choose the compression codecs?