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My Own Phaser Tutorial For 3ds Max (Non-Video Post Users, Recommended for Beginners)
Hello again, peeps! Toa_Kaita here with a common tutorial on how to make a simple phaser blast in 3ds max.
Now, I know, there is already a tutorial here on how to do it in video post, but honestly, I could never figure out how to get it to render properly. So instead, I'm going to be using a basic glow to achieve an effect like this:
OK, first, you must create a cylinder. Give it these settings:
Radius: 5
Height: 5000
Height Segs: 1
Cap Segs: 1
Sides: 18
Now that you have your cylinder, go into your materials. Choose an empty material space, and click the Diffuse Color Swatch. Change the color to white (R: 255, G: 255, B: 255).
Set the Self-Illumination to 100, and set the Material ID to whatever number you choose (as long as it isn't 0.). This is absloutely critical.
Now apply your material to the cylinder and render. Wait. Where are the glows?
Now click in an empty space in your workstation and press 8 to bring up your atmospheres and effects. Click the "Effects" tab.
Add a "Lens Effects" effect, and rename it "Phaser." Now in your Lens Effects Parameters box, add a "Glow."
Leave the Lens Effects Globals as they are.
Now go down to your Glow Element. Set the size to 0.2 and the intensity to 250.
Give the left color swatch in your radial color this color:
R: 255, G: 50, B: 15.
Leave the right color swatch as-is. It should be pure red.
Now in your circular color, there's a different story. Once upon a time...nah, JK. Set your mix amount to 100.
Set color 1 to R: 255, G: 150, B: 0.
Set color 2 to R: 255, G: 100, B: 0.
Set color 3 to R: 255, G: 50, B: 0.
Set color 4 to pure red.
Now, click the "Options" Tab in your Glow Element. Click the "Material ID" checkbox, and set the number to the same number as your white material.
Render your scene and you should have something like this:
You can adjust the colors to however you want, this tutorial aims to create a reddish-orange phaser glow, as seen on Post-TNG Federation ships.
OK, that's it, I hope this helps.
Kudos,
Toa_Kaita
Now, I know, there is already a tutorial here on how to do it in video post, but honestly, I could never figure out how to get it to render properly. So instead, I'm going to be using a basic glow to achieve an effect like this:
OK, first, you must create a cylinder. Give it these settings:
Radius: 5
Height: 5000
Height Segs: 1
Cap Segs: 1
Sides: 18
Now that you have your cylinder, go into your materials. Choose an empty material space, and click the Diffuse Color Swatch. Change the color to white (R: 255, G: 255, B: 255).
Set the Self-Illumination to 100, and set the Material ID to whatever number you choose (as long as it isn't 0.). This is absloutely critical.
Now apply your material to the cylinder and render. Wait. Where are the glows?
Now click in an empty space in your workstation and press 8 to bring up your atmospheres and effects. Click the "Effects" tab.
Add a "Lens Effects" effect, and rename it "Phaser." Now in your Lens Effects Parameters box, add a "Glow."
Leave the Lens Effects Globals as they are.
Now go down to your Glow Element. Set the size to 0.2 and the intensity to 250.
Give the left color swatch in your radial color this color:
R: 255, G: 50, B: 15.
Leave the right color swatch as-is. It should be pure red.
Now in your circular color, there's a different story. Once upon a time...nah, JK. Set your mix amount to 100.
Set color 1 to R: 255, G: 150, B: 0.
Set color 2 to R: 255, G: 100, B: 0.
Set color 3 to R: 255, G: 50, B: 0.
Set color 4 to pure red.
Now, click the "Options" Tab in your Glow Element. Click the "Material ID" checkbox, and set the number to the same number as your white material.
Render your scene and you should have something like this:
You can adjust the colors to however you want, this tutorial aims to create a reddish-orange phaser glow, as seen on Post-TNG Federation ships.
OK, that's it, I hope this helps.
Kudos,
Toa_Kaita
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...but I have to ask....are you talking about my tutorial when you say you can't get it to render properly?
fyi the sabre works well in pink but its suppose to be green if your going cannon