LED lights

[3dvizual]

How do I make small LED lights?. Like the attached image.

 

 

Here is a reference image:

Edited November 1, 2011 by 3dvizual

[3dvizual]

Not anyone who can contribute with some information, for solving this.?

[Dave Buckley]

self illuminated material ...

 

with glare (done either in render or post)

[3dvizual]

Do you mean applying a vraylightmtl. on the object.?

 

How do I give it glare in vray.?

 

I am pretty new to vray, so there is still a lot to learn... :-)

[Dave Buckley]

yep, vraylightmaterial

 

glare is easier in post, especially if you don't have vray 2.

 

render out a self-illumination pass

 

open the render in photoshop

put the self-illum pass over the render

put a gaussian blur on the self illum pass

change the blending mode to screen

reduce opacity to suit

 

[3dvizual]

OK. I use vray 2.0

 

But what you are saying, do you would always do this kind of job in in post...

[Dave Buckley]

Lens Effects in VRay 2

 

http://www.mattguetta.com/vraylenseffect-par-alfa-smyrna/ (you will need to translate this page)

 

and

 

 

apply the light material to the polygons that you want illuminated

 

Whether I do it in post depends on whether its personal work/commercial work/how much time I have

[avvid]

Hi.

 

Post may be the way to go, but if you want to try V-Ray 2's version:

 

In the menu bar in 3ds Max: "Rendering" > "Effects..." > "Add..." select "VRay Lens Effects" > "OK". Make sure it's active and play with the settings.

 

If you're not using Max, I'm sure it'll be something similar.

 

There's a couple of workflow demonstrations on Youtube as well, but I've never had much success with it.

[3dvizual]

OK. Thanks. for your advice.

 

I think post is the way to go.. :-)

 

Thanks for your time.