Sun Lens Flare

Comments:

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  curveddesign
  

  Do you know if this will work with the Blender Cycles Render Engine?

  Written February 20, 2013
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  chillahannes
  

  you have to set the material in emisson in cycles

  Written March 04, 2013
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  JustJimAZ
  

  I don't know. I'll try it.

  Written February 21, 2013
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  JustJimAZ
  

  It doesn't seem to work. You could modify the cycles lens flare at this link:http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/27073 If you're interested, I can tell you how my flare works and how to modify the cycles flare. Just reply if you're interested.

  Written February 21, 2013
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  curveddesign
  

  JustJimAZ,

  I'm curious, I love lens flares, how does your flare work? I am learning to use the Blender Compositor, I just went through the Blender Guru tutorial "Introduction to the Compositor" ( http://www.blenderguru.com/videos/introduction-to-the-compositor )

  The Blender Compositor is very familiar to me, it reminds me of Quartz Composer ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_Composer ) on the Mac.

  Written February 23, 2013
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  JustJimAZ
  

  Hello fellow lens flare lover! if you have downloaded the file then you have read the "how-to-use" instructions. Basically, the empty controller has a track to constraint with the "track to" object being a hidden empty located at the center of the scene. The controller then is parented to a single vertex with a halo material that has "flare" enabled. Also, the controller parents a line which, again, parents the hexagons and other shapes. In order to get the flare to "center" when the controller is moved to the center, I moved the controller back behind the "track to" empty. This was how I originally designed my lens flare. I have thought up a new way but have to work out all of the bugs.

  Written February 23, 2013
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  chillahannes
  

  it´s okay but why do you model it? If you take one vertice and activitate the flare effect in the halo settings you get the and MUCH better.

  Written March 04, 2013
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  JustJimAZ
  

  I model it because If you look at a real lens flare generated by the sun, you see a lot of artifacts(Polygons). You don't get that with pure halo/flare material settings. If you don't want the hexagons, simply activate layer 2 and disable layer 1 in the 3D viewport. Then you only have the halo vertex.

  Written March 05, 2013