how do I make an object glow

[Munz]

I am doing a night shot and I would like to give several of the objects/lights a glow. does anyone know if I can make an object glow or a material glow?

 

I am using max 7.5

 

thanks

[Damyanov]

Hi ,

I don't know if there scholud be a difference bitween MAX 6.0 an MAX 7.5 in it, but check this out.

http://www.skillreactor.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?vpost

You'll get a glow in 15 minutes ot less

[shan]

hi,

 

you could get the glow effect either by setting up an objetc ID and applying Effects > Lense > Glow set for corresponding object ID or by setting up an effects ID to the material and applying Effects > Lense > Glow set for corresponding Mat. Effects ID. This goes for Scanline Rendering. But this would seem artificial.

 

if you use mental ray renderer with mental ray shader's lume tools (Glow & Glare) it renders the glow or flare effect not only on the source object but also on the reflected surface which is a common phenomenon in real world.

 

and to remind u, some of the shaders in mental ray are locked which you have to unlock by editing the

 

\3dsmax7\mentalray\shaders_standard\include\lume.mi and removing the lines quoted as "hidden". but before in hand make a backup of the .mi files that u are going to edit.

 

thanks

shan

[kalatheart]

hi there,

 

i agree with shan ... you can use the video post to give the glow...

 

but that wont add to realism... well actually it depends what pupose exactly you need the glow for ...

 

if it is for some interior scene .. i wd suggest you use mental ray lume tool shaders . they are an amazing way to acheive the desired g;ow effect ...

 

if u can telll us in more detail about the scene that u r trying to set up .. i think we can help u better..

 

best luck

 

kamal

[Brian Cassil]

Assuming this isn't for an animation, I always use PS to create glows. Just create a selection for the areas you want to glow, copy up a layer or two, and blur a little. Or you can even render a self-illumination pass and set it to screen blend mode in PS and blur that once or twice. True, the glows wont appear in reflections though.

[Munz]

Thanks everyone for the help, I ended up just doing the glow in photoshop this time, but will try other techniques in the future, here is the image I was working on.

 

thanks

munz