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Eudaimic
04-08-2002, 07:07 PM
I have a problem with the lens effects I'm using for my current animation. The problem seems to be twofold.

First of all, when a light to which I have a glow bound moves around, the glow will 'jump' in value all the time, sometimes going off some times on and basically everywhere inbetween as well.

Secondly, the lensflare I use for my sun gains in strength ten-fold when it's near the edge of the image, and I can't figure out why :(

Oh yeah, and also, how do I actually get the lens flare to become bigger the closer the object is, as opposed to the opposite, which seems to be what max likes doing...

Ls3D
04-09-2002, 01:51 AM
Some thoughts on your sit:

Sounds like you need to keyframe the effect settings and look at the Lens Effects Globals to see or set Distance Affects: and Off-Center Affects:

As for the 'jumping' are you using and experiencing Occlusion and or Use Source Color?

I have also noticed problems with some effects and field rendering that forced me to fix it in post.

Good luck.

-Shea
www.Ls3D.com

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