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Diffuse Glow effect for sci-fi scenes?

[Deleted User][Deleted User]11 Posts: 4,002Member
edited January 2007 in Technical Questions and Answers #1
Hello!
I was wondering how you would get a diffuse glow in post production. I know this is a 3D forum, but I couldnt find a relevant compositing forum, so here I am. I'm using Max 8, and I have some spaceships with enough specular portions showing. I want to enhance this and try to get an effect where I can get a nice specular bloom or diffuse glow (similar to the photoshop filters-> distort -> diffuse glow) in either after effects 6.5/7 or combustion 4.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
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  • Andrew MarchAndrew March0 Posts: 0Member
    #2
    Photoshop (using Gaussian blur after selecting the highlights).
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #3
    Sorry, I guess I shouldve been more precise. it's for a sci-fi animation.... so photoshopping each frame to apply that distort/diffuse glow filter would be too time consuming. What I'm looking for is a plugin that replicates the photoshop diffuse glow effect, but for video, like an AE plugin or a combustion plugin.
    thanks for the tip though!
  • Andrew MarchAndrew March0 Posts: 0Member
    #4
    For animations it would still be done in post using Adobe after effects.
  • TovetteTovette5 Posts: 13Member
    #5
    If you don't have adobe After Effects you can still do it in Photoshop by running a batch process.
  • SandmanNinjaSandmanNinja0 Posts: 0Member
    #6
    Can't you run the animation through Post in 3DS and set the glow to a different channel?

    Do it all in 3DS
  • Tag_AstroTag_Astro0 Posts: 0Member
    #7
    If you're using 3ds, you can add glow in the video post window.
    You can't add too Bloom effect with the glow by selecting Hue in the Glow effect window ;)

    Tag
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