Neon Tube Test Render / Scene

[bugga12]

Hey guys

This is my first work posted here , I'm still a newbie in 3dsmax (5.0) but I think i'm learning pretty quick (or so I hope hehe) yesterday I was playing around with materials and done this , I hope you enjoy it

PS - test render for the material ... no shadows (i put the lights and turn on the shadows but they dont appear (using radiosity) )and the tube looks messed up but please mind the tube and the fact of there arent any shadows and please post coments

(If possible help me out with the shadows issue too)

Thanks , Bugga12 :wink:

[Mikail]

lol Nice try !

[bugga12]

hehe thanks here is a better looking render :wink:

[Le Bucheron]

juts add some glow with video post and it will look even betther

[bugga12]

Sorry for the probably total noob question but "Video post???" lol

[Le Bucheron]

ok thats not too hard you will see

first open teh material editor and choose teh material of your neon (the one that produce light) and then choose material id 1 (click where its wrote 0 in blue (look at the pic 2.jpg )

now go under rendering/video post (look pic 1.jpg)

now that you are on video post, click on add Scene Event (look pic 3.jpg)
select perpsective view or camera 1 if you use a camera and then click ok
now click on add filter Event and choose lens effect glow and click setup.click on Objet ID and type 1 (because thats teh same number in the material editor).now go now go under preference tab and click user and the nchoose teh color you want for the glow.Play with the setting to get a great glow (click preview it help)

now click ok , you are normaly back at the video post main panel. Click on add image output Event. click on file (thats teh save directory and teh name of teh file so choose soemthing) now click ok

now at the left choose your image file name you just wrote and click on execute sequence. click on single at teh top and then render

hope this help! it was long to wrote but its not hard when you do it .fell free to ask me more question

[bugga12]

weeheee that helped alot hock: THANKS ALOT L.B.

I'll post a new render soon!

[bugga12]

Here it is a new render with Lens Effect Glow or Lens Glow Effect lol using Video Post (thanks L.B. :wink: ) The other scene file got corrupted and i made this new simple scene it has lightning and shadows so i think its a bit better

Post Comments and thanks

[Le Bucheron]

great! look way betther,
im not sure but mabye you could try to switch the color of the glow from the color of the neon bulb. i think that the glow must have a darke color then teh bulb ... but im really not sure if it will look bethter lol , im just wondering.

anyway im happy to helped you