Bobofthedead Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Hey, I was wondering if anyone could make an effect/plugin to create a "lens flare" somewhat like this? I have seen it in many pictures and would like to be able to easily recreate this. If anyone can,could you post it on the plugins board, as I'm sure others would like to use te effect, and the board strikes me as the most obvious place to post them. Thanks Josh Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Try a radial gradient and a glow. Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 Nice idea Bob, but it doesn't really give the desired effect, unless I did something wrong... Why not post a picture showing what you mean? Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire010 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I would use radial gradients, glows, and a series of motion blurs on small pixels. Then, just circles with gaussian blurs for the basic circles. Also, try experimenting with layer blending modes. It'll be hard to position them right if you don't have an artist's eye. Goodluck, though. It'll take a long time to do, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I was wondering if anyone could make an effect/plugin... I think he is looking for an automatic effect... Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I know that CorelDraw has a built-in Lens Flair effect. Works pretty good too. If I had the manual steps to create one, I might be able to automate it. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 10 sec Google search: algorithm: http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articl ... cle874.asp other algo: http://www.blackpawn.com/texts/lensflare/default.html hand-made: http://www.ronreeder.com/articles/lensflare.html @Bob doesn't have PdN on this computer, sorry. Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Hmm... There's an automatic effect on Photoshop CS3 (I got a free trial). I wonder if anyone can do anything with that? Possibly you could rewrite it, changing the code to whatever is used for PDN... (I know zilch about programming...) Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 ^Sure, if the Adobe code was open source... Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Course not, Adobe is stuck up like that I'm sure BB could code it. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Course not, Adobe is stuck up like that . Well I wouldn't call it "stuck up" ... just simple business. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Was kidding. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Ah, but surely if you rewrite it in PDN code, not just copy and convert it, you can say that it's your own work... I don't know... Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Maybe there's a lens flare plugin for another open-source program someone can use... Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Ah, but surely if you rewrite it in PDN code, not just copy and convert it, you can say that it's your own work... I don't know... The problem isn't with copyright, it's with encryption. You just can't get to the code for Adobe Photoshop CS3, because it isn't open source. And even if you could, it isn't likely that you could do what you're saying (just change a little bit of it and post it as your own work). If you hold a copyright, you hold the right to create (or license others to create) derivative works, which is what this would be. Yes, U.S. copyright law is archaic. So we're stuck with coding it from scratch or (unlikely) finding an existing effect's source which has been released under a Creative Commons license, or with all rights waived. Oh, and I'm in the dark about coding, too. I wouldn't know the first thing about coding this. A little bit of Qbasic about 12 years ago...some HTML and JavaScript, though only enough to be dangerous...I am no programmer. Just a computer geek... Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lionhearted Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Yes, U.S. copyright law is archaic.So we're stuck with coding it from scratch or (unlikely) finding an existing effect's source which has been released under a Creative Commons license, or with all rights waived. Then perhaps someone from France should code it... jk Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Maybe there's a lens flare plugin for another open-source program someone can use... According to http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-4/gimp.html, GIMP has a lens flare plugin: "Volunteers and the GIMP enthusiasts have written close to a hundred different plug-ins including (...) lens flare (...). Users can get these plug-ins from the Web easily or write their own." GIMP is open source, but I don't know about the plugins. Hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 If any human on Earth could navigate that website we might be able to find the source Kidding, I'm trying to find the plugins source. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 I'm trying to find the plugins source. Hmmm... http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=315 (Description) http://registry.gimp.org/file/flarefx104.c?action=view&id=126 (Source code) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Wait and see... http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=45949#45949 Enormator should work on it? For the code from Gimp plugin, it uses internal function... it seems difficult to adapt. And the description is nothing! Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 Oh, right, you found some Gimp code for it! Yes, having been onthe site, I agree it's awful... And, David, I agree that copyright law sucks... All copyright law... Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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