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JCB | 4 years ago | 12 comments | 1 like | 848 views

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Using as an example, LightBeams5.bt, is there any way to make the beam from the Point Light softer or diffuse it, something like with a fog effect? If so, how?

I find the beams very harsh.

Thanks,


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Darken the BEAM COLOUR property of the light layer.

michiel, 4 years ago




Hi Michiel,

Thanks for your quick response. That does indeed help, but I still find it harsh; the lines are evident. In the image, Beam Colour is 6,8,22.

Anything else that could help?

Thanks,
John

JCB, 4 years ago

Yes, a Beam Smooth or Beam softness parameter would be great on light layer.

vincent, 4 years ago


So you want light beams without lines?

We could add a gravity layer to bend the light. This will turn the straight lines into curves, but it will still be lines.

Google image search also thinks light beams is about lines:

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michiel, 4 years ago


I don't speak for JCB but i was thinking to softer rays like this. A little like a light ray thru a window in room with smoke or dust.

vincent, 4 years ago




Michiel,

The first image in your link is softer as shown here, and as shown by Vincent. Not a big deal, but I just thought that I was maybe missing something, being far from an expert on BluffTitler.

Of course, the light beams in the image are not going through text, so maybe that is a difference.

John CB

JCB, 4 years ago



The beams can be softened by applying the Camera\CameraBlur effect to the camera layer.

In this screenshot, to keep the text sharp, I have rendered the beams in a colourmap layer and rendered the result with additive blending on top of the main scene. The media files are attached to this article.

michiel, 4 years ago


Works fine but it requires moving both cameras at the same time.

vincent, 4 years ago


Works fine but it requires moving both cameras at the same time. Thank you for the tip

vincent, 4 years ago




Or you can use camera Bloom. Sorry can't download the zip file.

Filip, 4 years ago

Your solution is great Michiel. How did you do got this idea. It's great and looks simple.

Filip, 4 years ago

Brilliant Michiel! Thank you.

For others, Michiel added the bt file to my first post with the solution.

This is a 2 for 1 deal. Under the Colourmap camera layer, turn off the text to see another variant with less light.

JCB, 4 years ago

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