CGTalk - I need help guys

3-D_N3wbi3

03-10-2004, 02:36 AM

hi, i'm new to 3d animation, i just started to play with lightwave and maya a few weeks ago. i'm taking a class in high school but i want to learn more :-)
i'm trying to make flame, i'm not sure if i can do it in lightwave or maya or both. i did a lot of research but i didn't find any tutorials on it.
it may be too hard for a newbie like me but i just want to try to do it. if any of you guys can help me start or have seen a tutorial anywhere, please let me know.
(p.s. i want to make the blue color flame i saw in the preview of the movie "hell boy", it looks so cool)

erikals

03-14-2004, 10:48 AM

Hard to make realistic flames in Lightwave (and most other 3D apps as far as I know). I can't say I've seen realistic flame/fire tutorials in Lightwave, I think many use video footage (see link)
http://desktopimages.com/catpyro.shtml

These are cool though, but not realistic.
http://www.cgfocus.com/ArticleDetails.cfm?ArticleID=154
http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/community/lightwave/darkside/3.html

(btw, the topic/subject line should be more informative, like "blue flames in LW" or something, more people will reply to the post ;)).

Jure

03-14-2004, 11:00 AM

This one is IMHO the best place for LW tutorials:
http://members.shaw.ca/lightwavetutorials/

Happy learning :)

cheers!

yog

03-14-2004, 11:32 AM

This one is pretty good
FIRE (http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/tutorials/specialfx/volumetric_fire/volumetric_fire.html)

Rei Ayanami

03-14-2004, 11:49 AM

3D world had a good tutorial on making very good fire a while back (like a long while back, 7.5 update or something mag) they should have an archive of their tuts on there site over at

http://www.3dworldmag.com/

Fasty

03-14-2004, 10:50 PM

I've posted some fire (and explosion) presets in the Lightwave Resources forum...

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69046

3-D_N3wbi3

03-20-2004, 04:32 AM

thanks guys :-) thanks a lot, these links are really helpful.

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