Ever heard of that age old question “How do I create that glow effect?”? Asking it yourself? Well goody goody, you’ve come to the right place!!

In this tutorial you will discover:

  • the 5 ways I know to create different kinds of glow effects;
  • when, where and how to use them;
  • how to use the compositor;
  • how crazy I am.

The five ways are:

  1. Using halos (yes, this is a noob one, but I thought it would be interesting to include it)
  2. Fog Glow
  3. Bluring
  4. Glare Streaks
  5. An effective combination (true, this isn’t really a separate technique, but 4 is not a very nice number :P )

Result:

 

7 Comments

 

  1. 8 Mar ’11  2:42 pm by Jack Handscombe Reply

    Also how could you forget the actual glow effect in the sequencer ;)

  2. 8 Mar ’11  3:42 pm by James Reply

    Wow. Two tutorials today, how lovely.
    Just one tip i want to tell you guys: Include the .blend file with the tutorial and your site will be perfect.

  3. 8 Mar ’11  4:00 pm by bernieman Reply

    I am speechless. So much Infos. Blender Nerd is stealing my time. Sometimes i forget working in office. And James is right. Include the Blend-file if its okay for you guys.

  4. 8 Mar ’11  9:38 pm by Greg Zaal Reply

    Thanks guys.
    Yesterday was a very busy day for us Blender Nerds, so many tutorials in one day... The only problem with that is that we got one unsubscriber :'(

  5. 26 Apr ’12  5:02 am by mark Reply

    Hey, where's the vid.

    The website declined to show this webpage

    • 26 Apr ’12  5:11 am by Greg Zaal

      Works for me.. maybe just view it here: http://vimeo.com/20791547

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