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- BrightGlare
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- by Charles Blaquiere
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- It's tough creating Really Bright Lights in Imagine because one ingredient is
- missing: the subtle lens flare caused by imperfections and scratches. No matter
- how bright you make a "light" object, it just won't look right unless you give
- Imagine a bit of help.
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- BrightGlare is an Imagine object, a disc, to be placed in front of any light
- source to make it appear more realistic. The disc has a filter map which looks
- like the Deep Space 9 wormhole's final blink. It adds that missing twinkle to
- any scene which contains a bright, visible light source.
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- BrightGlare has 2 colors: the main glare, and the center hotspot; these are
- controlled by color RGB values in the brushmap and main object attribute
- requesters, respectively. The default is a red glare with a yellow-white
- hotspot, perfect for those flashing police car "emergency exit" lights.
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- The filter map was easily created in Imagemaster, a stupendous graphics program
- with a ridiculously low price. (Currently, $70 US mail order price) I just
- created rings of light using "Annular", then set the blend controls to 100%
- smooth edge transparency, turned "Unsharp Mask" on to activate the blend, and
- used "Asterize" to create the rays emanating from the center.
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- I hope you enjoy this simple, but useful object.
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- Charles Blaquiere
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- CompuServe: 76046,1756
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- Internet: 76046.1756@compuserve.com
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